Detection of Environmental Sources of Histoplasma capsulatum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, by Nested PCR

Mycopathologia

Volumn 176, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 395-402

  Norkaew, Treepradab ^a   Ohno, Hideaki ^b   Sriburee, Pojana ^a   Tanabe, Koichi ^b   Tharavichitkul, Prasit ^a   Takarn, Piyawan ^a   Puengchan, Tanpalang ^a   Bumrungsri, Sara ^c   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Avian droppings; Bat guano; Chiang Mai; Environmental sources; Histoplasma capsulatum; Nested PCR; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLUMBA; FUNGI;

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CHICKEN; GENETICS; HISTOPLASMA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHIROPTERA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; THAILAND;

EID: 84888850381     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9701-9     Document Type: Article

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