Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from tissues of bats captured in the Aguas Buenas Caves, Aguas Buenos, Puerto Rico
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Mycopathologia
- Vol. 60 (3) , 167-169
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00448410
Abstract
Of 30 bats belonging to four species, only one species, Brachyphylla cavernarum, yielded positive for Histoplasma capsulatun. Bats were collected at the Aguas Buenas Caves in Puerto Rico. The other species are: Artibeus jamaicensis, Monophyllus redmani portoricensis, and Erophylla bibombifrons; these resulted negative for the fungus.Keywords
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