Coccidioides posadasii Infection in Bats, Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Cordeiro, Rossana de Aguiar ; Rocha de Castro e Silva, Kylvia ; Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira ; Moura, Francisco Bergson Pinheiro ; Duarte, Naylê Francelino Holanda ; Marques, Francisca Jakelyne de Farias ; Cordeiro, Rebecca de Aguiar ; Filho, Renato Evando Moreira ; Bezerra de Araújo, Roberto Wagner ; Bandeira, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes ; Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha ; Sidrim, José Júlio Costa
• Description:
  To analyze the eco-epidemiologic aspects of Histoplasma capsulatum in Brazil, we tested 83 bats for this fungus. Although H. capsulatum was not isolated, Coccidioides posadasii was recovered from Carollia perspicillata bat lungs. Immunologic studies detected coccidioidal antibodies and antigens in Glossophaga soricina and Desmodus rotundus bats.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Fungal Chiroptera Coccidioides Dispatch Endemic Diseases Liver Lung Diseases, Fungal Mice
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(4):668-670.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:626f8e17b518fcad14bfd5331a89e95aef59cfabf27b69317a2b8e3eb0079b8a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23886/cdc_23886_DS1.pdf
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