Cryptococcus gattii in AIDS Patients, Southern California

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1686-1692

  Chaturvedi, Sudha ^a,b   Dyavaiah, Madhu ^a   Larsen, Robert A ^c,d   Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Los Angeles County General Hospital   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 27744465761     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1111.040875     Document Type: Article

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