Pets as the main source of two zoonotic species of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex in Switzerland, Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii and Arthroderma benhamiae

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Drouot, Stéphane ^a,b   Mignon, Bernard ^c   Fratti, Marina ^b   Roosje, Petra ^a   Monod, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHRODERMA; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MALE; RODENT DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; MICROSPORUM CANIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 58449089215     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2008.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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