Serotype, mating type and ploidy of Cryptococcus neoformans strains isolated from patients in Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 299-302

  Ohkusu, Misako ^a   Tangonan, Naomi ^a   Takeo, Kanji ^a   Kishida, Eriko ^a   Ohkubo, Masami ^a   Aoki, Shigeji ^b   Nakamura, Kenjiro ^b   Fujii, Takaaki ^a   De Siqueira, Isadora C ^c   Maciel, Elves A P ^c   Sakabe, Sumire ^c   Almeida, Gisele ^c   Heins Vaccari, Elisabeth M ^c   Lacaz, Carlos Da S ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptococcus neoformans; Mating type; Ploidy; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATING TYPE; PLOIDY; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 12244292694     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000600001     Document Type: Article

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