Multilocus sequence typing reveals three genetic subpopulations of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (serotype A), including a unique population in Botswana

Genetics

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2223-2238

  Litvintseva, Anastasia P ^a   Thakur, Rameshwari ^b   Vilgalys, Rytas ^c   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHROMOSOME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FERTILITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BOTSWANA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33646193463     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.046672     Document Type: Article

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