Chlorella infection in a sheep in mexico and minireview of published reports from humans and domestic animals

Mycopathologia

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Ramirez Romero R ^a   Rodriguez Tovar L E ^a   Nevarez Garza A M ^a   Lopez A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Disseminated infection; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHLORELLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MEXICO; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PROTOTHECA;

EID: 77952741420     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9287-4     Document Type: Article

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