Natural habitat of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans in decaying wood forming hollows in living trees

Medical Mycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-131

  Lazera M S ^a   Pires, F D A ^b   Camillo Coura, L ^b   Nishikawa, M M ^c   Bezerra, C C F ^a   Trilles, L ^a   Wanke, B ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c National Institute for Quality Control in Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; TREE; WOOD; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; MICE; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 0029666443     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681219680000191     Document Type: Article

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