Disseminated Paracoccidioidomycosis in a Southern Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 231-234

  Trejo Chavez A ^a   Ramirez Romero R ^b   Ancer Rodriguez J ^b   Nevarez Garza A M ^b   Rodriguez Tovar L E ^b  

^a Laboratorio Central Regional de Monterrey   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Granulomatous inflammation; Paracoccidioidomycosis; Two toed sloth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS; FATALITY; FRENCH GUIANA; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOTH; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FRENCH GUIANA; LIVER; MALE; MEXICO; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; QUARANTINE; SLOTHS; SPLEEN;

CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS; MEGALONYCHIDAE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 79551490509     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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