TY - JOUR AU - Cordeiro, Rossana de Aguiar AU - Rocha de Castro e Silva, Kylvia AU - Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira AU - Moura, Francisco Bergson Pinheiro AU - Duarte, Naylê Francelino Holanda AU - Marques, Francisca Jakelyne de Farias AU - Cordeiro, Rebecca de Aguiar AU - Filho, Renato Evando Moreira AU - Bezerra de Araújo, Roberto Wagner AU - Bandeira, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes AU - Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha AU - Sidrim, José Júlio Costa T1 - Coccidioides posadasii Infection in Bats, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 4 SP - 668 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Coccidioidomycosis KW - bats KW - Carollia perspicillat KW - fungal eco-epidemiology KW - endemic mycosis KW - Histoplasma capsulatum KW - Coccidioides posadasii KW - Glossophaga soricina KW - Desmodus rotundus KW - Carollia perspicillata KW - fungi KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid1804.111641 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/4/11-1641_article ER - End of Reference