Histoplasma capsulatum from the Liver of a Bat in Colombia
- 25 February 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 147 (3661), 1039-1040
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.147.3661.1039
Abstract
Of 135 bats (eight species), one of the species Glossophaga sorcina sorcina, a nectar-feeding bat from Girardot, Colombia, harbored Histoplasma capsulatum. The microorganism was cultured from the liver. This is the second report of recovery of this fungus from bat tissue.Keywords
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- Histoplasma capsulatum Recovered from Bat TissuesScience, 1962
- Histoplasma capsulatum Recovered from Bat TissuesScience, 1962