Molecular detection of Coccidioides spp. from environmental samples in Baja California: Linking Valley Fever to soil and climate conditions

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-190

  Baptista rosas, Raúl C ^a   Catalán dibene, Jovani ^a   Romero olivares, Adriana L ^a   Hinojosa, Alejandro ^b   Cavazos, Tereza ^b   Riquelme, Meritxell ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Ecological niche; Molecular diagnosis

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOIDES; FUNGI; HETEROMYIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857060498     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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