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Coccidioides posadasii infection in bats, Brazil.
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2012 Apr; Vol. 18 (4), pp. 668-70. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- To analyze the eco-epidemiologic aspects of Histoplasma capsulatum in Brazil, we tested 83 bats for this fungus. Although H. capsulatum was not isolated, Coccidioides posadasii was recovered from Carollia perspicillata bat lungs. Immunologic studies detected coccidioidal antibodies and antigens in Glossophaga soricina and Desmodus rotundus bats.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Antibodies, Fungal metabolism
Brazil
Chiroptera immunology
Coccidioides immunology
Coccidioidomycosis epidemiology
Coccidioidomycosis immunology
Coccidioidomycosis microbiology
Liver immunology
Lung Diseases, Fungal epidemiology
Lung Diseases, Fungal immunology
Lung Diseases, Fungal microbiology
Mice
Chiroptera microbiology
Coccidioides isolation & purification
Coccidioidomycosis veterinary
Endemic Diseases
Lung Diseases, Fungal veterinary
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6059
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22469192
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.111641