Cyptococcus neoformans Shows a Remarkable Genotypic Diversity in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1356-1359

  Barreto De Oliveira, M T ^a   Boekhout, T ^e,f   Theelen, B ^e   Hagen, F ^e   Baroni, F A ^b   Lazera, M S ^c   Lengeler, K B ^g   Heitman, J ^h   Rivera, I N G ^d   Paula, C R ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b University Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 10344260107     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1356-1359.2004     Document Type: Article

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