Molecular epidemiology of Cryptococcus neoformans in Brazil and the United States: Evidence for both local genetic differences and a global clonal population structure

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2243-2251

  Franzot, Sarah P ^a,b   Hamdan, Junia S ^b   Currie, Brian P ^a,c   Casadevall, Arturo ^a,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine Ullmann 1219 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

COLUMBA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030851615     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2243-2251.1997     Document Type: Article

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