Polyclonal Aspergillus fumigatus infection in captive penguins

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 444-449

  Alvarez Perez, Sergio ^a   Mateos, Ana ^a   Dominguez, Lucas ^a   Martinez Nevado, Eva ^b   Blanco, Jose L ^a   Garcia, Marta E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Zoo Aquarium de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Invasiveness; Mating type; Molecular typing; Penguins; Polyclonal infections

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; ELASTASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MAT1 1 PROTEIN; MAT1 2 PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MATING; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED MICROSATELLITE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENOME, FUNGAL; INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SPHENISCIDAE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77955569729     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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