Investigation of dogs as a reservoir of Penicillium marneffei in northern Thailand

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chaiwun, Benjaporn ^a   Vanittanakom, Nongnuch ^a   Jiviriyawat, Yupa ^a   Rojanasthien, Suvichai ^b   Thorner, Paul ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir; Dog; HIV; Penicillium marneffei; Thailand

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PENICILLIOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, FUNGAL; DOGS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; NASAL CAVITY; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 79952697754     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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