Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from an oil bird (steatornis caripensis) cave in Venezuela
✍ Scribed by Ajello, Libero ;Briceño-Maaz, Tulio ;Campins, Humberto ;Moore, Jane C.
- Book ID
- 105445860
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1960
- Weight
- 762 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0027-5530
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