Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans in the department of Cundinamarca-Colombia;Distribución ambiental de Cryptococcus neoformans en el departamento de Cundinamarca-Colombia

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-98

  Quintero, Elizabeth ^a,c   Castañeda, Elizabeth ^b   Ruiz, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^c Urban Villa Guadalupe Calle 18 AA2 ^*  (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Population density; Thermal floors

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; PRUNUS DULCIS; TERMINALIA CATTAPA;

EID: 23144458532     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(05)70015-2     Document Type: Article

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