Epidemiological evidence for dormant Cryptococcus neoformans infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3204-3209

  Garcia Hermoso, Dea ^a   Janbon, Guilhem ^a   Dromer, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0032867947     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3204-3209.1999     Document Type: Article

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