New records of Histoplasma capsulatum from wild animals in the Brazilian Amazon Novos registros de Histoplasma capsulatum em animais silvestres na Amazônia brasileira

Twenty-eight isolates of Histoplasma capsulation were obtained from eight species of forest mammals from the States of Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia in the Amazon Region of Brazil. Primary isolates were obtained by inoculating triturated liver and spleen tissue intradermally and intraperito-neally in...

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Main Authors: Roberto Daibes Naiff, Toby Vincent Barrett, Maricleide de Farias Naiff, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira, Jorge Ramon Arias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1996-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651996000400006