Screening of antigenemia and isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii from cloaca and crop of birds in the state of Paraná, Brazil Antigenemia e tentativa de isolamento de Cryptococcus neoformans e C. gattii a partir da cloaca e inglúvio de aves no Estado do Paraná

Screening of antigenemia and isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii from cloaca and crop of birds in the state of Paraná, Brazil Antigenemia e tentativa de isolamento de Cryptococcus neoformans e C. gattii a partir da cloaca e inglúvio de aves no Estado do Paraná

Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii are associated with dry bird excreta but rarely recovered from birds' digestive tract. The objective of the present study was (1) to verify the existence of C. neoformans and C. gattii in crop and cloaca of wildlife and captivity birds hypothesizing about a...

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Main Authors: Camile Lugarini, Larissa A.Z. Condas, Grazielle C.G. Soresini, Renata C.F. Santos, Marisol D. Muro, Margaret Ono, Marconi R. Farias, Fabiano Montiani-Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal (CBPA) 2008-07-01
Series:Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
Subjects:
Ecologia
aves
fungo
Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus gattii
Ecologybirds
yeast
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