Yeasts and filamentous fungi in psittacidae and birds of prey droppings in midwest region of Brazil: a potential hazard to human health

Abstract Birds of prey and from Psittacidae family are host to fungal microbiota and play an important role in the epidemiology of zoonoses. Few studies in the literature have characterized mycelial and yeast fungi in the droppings of these birds and correlated the isolates with the zoonotic potent...

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Main Authors: W. B. Simi, D. P. Leite-Jr, C. R. Paula, H. D. Hoffmann-Santos, D. T. Takahara, R. C. Hahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2018-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842018005024102&lng=en&tlng=en