A Queensland koala kept in a Japanese zoological park was carrier of an imported fungal pathogen, Filobasidiella neoformans var. bacillispora (Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii).
Makimura
Koichi
K
Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Tokyo 192-0395, Japan. makimura@main.teikyo-u.ac.jp
Karasawa
Mizuki
M
Hosoi
Humio
H
Kobayashi
Toshiki
T
Kamijo
Nanako
N
Kobayashi
Kazuhiro
K
Hiramatsu
Hiroshi
H
Akikawa
Takako
T
Yabe
Tomoko
T
Yamaguchi
Ayumi
A
Ishida
Osamu
O
Murakami
Arisa
A
Fujisaki
Ryuichi
R
Nishiyama
Yayoi
Y
Uchida
Katsuhisa
K
Yamaguchi
Hideyo
H
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000382:microbiology*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000382:microbiology*; D011793:Queensland