Distribution of Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans in decayed trunk wood of Syzygium cumini trees in north-western India

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 623-630

  Randhawa, H S ^a   Kowshik, T ^a   Preeti Sinha, K ^a   Chowdhary, Anuradha ^a   Khan, Z U ^b   Yan, Zhun ^c   Xu, Jianping ^c   Kumar, Amit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

Author keywords

C. neoformans; Cryptococcus gattii; Natural habitat; Syzygium cumini decayed wood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MATING TYPE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; REGIONALIZATION; SEROTYPE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TREE; TREE TRUNK;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; INDIA; MYRTACEAE; TREES; WOOD;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 33750439107     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600860946     Document Type: Article

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