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. 1965 Feb 26;147(3661):1039-40.
doi: 10.1126/science.147.3661.1039.

HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM FROM THE LIVER OF A BAT IN COLOMBIA

C J MARINKELLE, E GROSE

HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM FROM THE LIVER OF A BAT IN COLOMBIA

C J MARINKELLE et al. Science. .

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.

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