Histoplasmosis, the traveler mycosis;Histoplasmosis, la micosis del viajero

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Sánchez Alemán, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Travelers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BAT; BIRD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEXICO; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 80052740339     PISSN: 14050994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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