Identification of the source of histoplasmosis infection in two captive maras (Dolichotis patagonum) from the same colony by using molecular and immunologic assays Identificación de la fuente de infección de histoplasmosis de dos maras (Dolichotis patagonum) cautivas procedentes de la misma colonia, utilizando ensayos moleculares e inmunológicos

Histoplasma capsulatum was isolated from the spleen of a first infected mara (Dolichotis patagonum) and from a second mara's liver and adrenal gland, both in the same colony at the Africam Safari, Puebla, Mexico. Studies of H. capsulatum isolates, using nested-PCR of a 100-kDa protein coding ge...

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Main Authors: M. R. Reyes-Montes, G. Rodríguez-Arellanes, A. Pérez-Torres, A. G. Rosas-Rosas, A. Parás-García, C. Juan-Sallés, M. L. Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2009-06-01
Series:Revista Argentina de Microbiología
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412009000200008