The habitat of Coccidioides spp. and the role of animals as reservoirs and disseminators in nature

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  del Rocío Reyes Montes, María ^a   Pérez Huitrón, María Ameyali ^a   Ocaña Monroy, Jorge Luis ^a   Frías De León, María Guadalupe ^b   Martínez Herrera, Erick ^a   Arenas, Roberto ^c   Duarte Escalante, Esperanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL JUÁREZ DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coccidioides spp.; Dissemination; Habitat; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CARCASS; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HABITAT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; WILD ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84990855962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1902-7     Document Type: Review

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