Comparative virulence of three species of Exophiala in mice

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 853-857

  Calvo, Enrique ^a   Rodrguez, M Mar ^a   Mariné, Marçal ^a   Mayayo, Emilio ^a   Pastor, F Javier ^a   Guarro, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal models; Exophiala; Phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; EXOPHIALA OLIGOSPERMA; EXOPHIALA XENOBIOTICA; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXOPHIALA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; EXOPHIALA OLIGOSPERMA; MUS;

EID: 77954197674     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903582481     Document Type: Article

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