title: Coccidioides posadasii infection in bats, Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil. rossanacordeiro@ufc.br
authors.forename: Rossana de Aguiar
authors.initials: Rde A
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Kylvia Rocha de Castro
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: e Silva
authors.forename: Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Brilhante
authors.forename: Francisco Bergson Pinheiro
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: Naylê Francelino Holanda
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Francisca Jakelyne de Farias
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Rebecca de Aguiar
authors.initials: Rde A
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Renato Evando Moreira
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.forename: Roberto Wagner Bezerra
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.forename: Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes
authors.initials: Tde J
authors.lastname: Bandeira
authors.forename: Marcos Fábio Gadelha
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: José Júlio Costa
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sidrim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003045:Coccidioides / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal