Comparative analysis of environmental and clinical populations of Cryptococcus neoformans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 556-564

  Litvintseva, Anastasia P ^a   Kestenbaum, Lori ^a   Vilgalys, Rytas ^b   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOWL; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MATING; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; SEROTYPING; TEXAS; TREES;

AVES; COLUMBA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 13844253695     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.556-564.2005     Document Type: Article

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