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Of 30 bats belonging to four species, only one species, Brachyphylla cavernarum, yielded positive for Histoplasma capsulatun. Bats were collected at the Aguas Buenas Caves in Puerto Rico. The other species are: Artibeus jamaicensis, Monophyllus redmani portoricensis, and Erophylla bibombifrons; these resulted negative for the fungus.
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Zamora, J.R.C. Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from tissues of bats captured in the Aguas Buenas Caves, Aguas Buenos, Puerto Rico. Mycopathologia 60, 167–169 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00448410
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