Environmental sampling for Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from the Blue Mountains National Park, Sydney, Australia

Medical Mycology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-60

  Vilcins, I ^a   Krockenberger, M ^a   Agus, H ^a   Carter, Dee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Environmental sampling; Eucalyptus

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLONY FORMATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA ISOLATION; DOCUMENTATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPICS; URBAN AREA; YEAST;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUCALYPTUS;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; EUCALYPTUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; SYNCARPIA GLOMULIFERA;

EID: 0036183367     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.40.1.53.60     Document Type: Article

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