Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from Passerine and Psittacine bird excreta in the state of Paraná, Brazil

Mycopathologia

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Lugarini, Camile ^a   Goebel, Cristine Souza ^b   Condas, Larissa Anuska Zeni ^a   Muro, Marisol Dominguez ^a   De Farias, Marconi Rodrigues ^a,c   Ferreira, Fabiano Montiani ^a   Vainstein, Marilene H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avian excreta; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Passerines; Psittacines

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AVES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COLUMBA; CRYPTOCOCCUS (TREMELLOMYCETIDAE); CRYPTOCOCCUS (TRICHOSPORONALES); CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; PASSERIFORMES; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 46949111661     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9122-3     Document Type: Article

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