Molecular identity and prevalence of Cryptococcus spp. Nasal carriage in asymptomatic feral cats in Italy

Medical Mycology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 667-673

  Danesi, Patrizia ^a,b   Furnari, Carmelo ^c   Granato, Anna ^a   Schivo, Alice ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b   Capelli, Gioia ^a   Cafarchia, Claudia ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c Veterinary Regional District Service ULSS 20 Local Public Health and Social Authority of Veneto Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic cat; Cryptococcus neoformans; nasal cavities; yeasts

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ADELIENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDOSIMILIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS CARNESCENS; CRYPTOCOCCUS DIMNAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS FLAVESCENS; CRYPTOCOCCUS MAGNUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS OEIRENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SAITOI; CRYPTOCOCCUS WIERINGAE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FERAL CAT; FILOBASIDIUM GLOBISPORUM; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FILOBASIDIELLA; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VETERINARY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84908519930     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myu030     Document Type: Article

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