| epidemiology of dermatophytosis in the metropolitan area of turin. | the study here presented deals with the problem of the dermatophytoses in piedmont, with regard to their etiologic and, more generally, their epidemiologic aspects. from 586 patients who presented themselves at the dermatology clinic of the university of turin, for mycological examinations, between the period of march-november 1979, 100 positive cases were selected. the study was set under way with the filling in of special forms for the epidemiologic investigation and with the classification of ... | 1982 | 7177169 |
| study of diseases of the grey squirrel (sciurus carolinensis) in italy. first isolation of the dermatophyte microsporum cookei. | the ecological risks connected with the introduction of the north american grey squirrel (sciurus carolinensis) in italy are many. of particular importance is the conservation of the native red squirrel (s. vulgaris) population, since the experience from the british isles showed that where the grey squirrel was introduced, the autochthonous red squirrel became extinct. to determine the health status of grey squirrels trapped and euthanasized during an eradication campaign in the piedmont region, ... | 1999 | 10200938 |
| eastern cottontail (sylvilagus floridanus) as carrier of dermatophyte fungi. | eastern cottontail (sylvilagus floridanus, fam. leporidae), introduced into piedmont (italy) in the 1960s, was studied as carrier of dermatophyte fungi. of 216 hair samples collected from animals culled between september 1999 and july 2000 in the province of alessandria (piedmont, italy) during a pest control project, 57 (26.4%) yielded dermatophyte colonies. as two different species of dermatophytes grew from two samples, a total of 59 fungal isolates (26.5%) were obtained. six dermatophyte spe ... | 2005 | 16170613 |