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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 96, No. 6, 2001, pp. 771-772
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Bioline Code: oc01122
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 96, No. 6, 2001, pp. 771-772
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The Marsupial Didelphis albiventris is an Improbable Host of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in an Endemic Area of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Minas Gerais, Brazil
ML Silva-Vergara; R Martinez; MEB Malta; LE Ramirez & FA Franco
Abstract
To determine whether Didelphis albiventris is naturally infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, 20
specimens of this mammal were studied by both direct cultivation of their viscera (spleen, liver and lungs)
and by inoculation of Swiss mice by the intraperitoneal route with a suspension of fragments of these viscera. No fungal growth or structures similar to this fungus were detected. Probably D. albiventris is not frequently infected with P. brasiliensis.
Keywords
Didelphis albiventris, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, marsupial, paracoccidioidomycosis - Minas Gerais, Brazil
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