Serotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans by dot enzyme assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 466-470

  Belay, Tesfaye ^a   Cherniak, Robert ^a   O'Neill, Eric B ^a   Kozel, Thomas R ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030045024     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.466-470.1996     Document Type: Article

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