Detection of Pneumocystis in lungs of bats from Brazil by PCR amplification;Detecção de Pneumocystis em pulmões de morcegos no Brasil por Nested-PCR

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 469-473

  Cavallini Sanches, Edna Maria ^a,b,c   Pacheco, Susi M ^d   Cericatto, Alison S ^c   Melo, Rosane M ^c   Colodel, Edson Molleta ^b   Hummel, Jennifer ^a   Bianchi, Simone P ^a   Spanamberg, Andréia ^a   Santurio, Janio M ^e   Ferreiro, Laerte ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Defesa Agropecuária do Estado de Mato Grosso LASA INDEA   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Sauver   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bats; Nested PCR; Pneumocystis sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTIBEUS FIMBRIATUS; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; DIPHYLLA ECAUDATA; LILIUM; MAMMALIA; MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; MYOTIS LEVIS; NYCTINOMOPS LATICAUDATUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; STURNIRA LILIUM; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 75349089844     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: 16785150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2009000600005     Document Type: Article

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