Case report: Abortion and disseminated infection by Coccidioides posadasii in an alpaca (Vicugna pacos) fetus in Southern California

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-162

  Diab, Santiago ^a   Johnson, Suzanne M ^b   Garcia, Jorge ^a   Carlson, Erin L ^b   Pappagianis, Demosthenes ^b   Smith, Jana ^c   Uzal, Francisco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Abortion; Alpaca; Camelids; Coccidioides spp.

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FETUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; UNITED STATES; VICUGNA PACOS;

EID: 84888162010     PISSN: 22117539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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