Environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from an endemic region of HIV-associated cryptococcosis in Thailand

Yeast

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 809-812

  Kuroki, Misuzu ^a   Phichaichumpon, Cheseda ^b   Yasuoka, Akira ^c   Chiranairadul, Piphat ^d   Chosa, Toru ^b   Sirinirund, Petchsri ^e   Miyazaki, Taiga ^a   Kakeya, Hiroshi ^a   Higashiyama, Yasuhito ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^a   Ishida, Yutaka ^f   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chiang Muan Hospital   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Med Department of Phayao Hospital   (Thailand)

^e Provincial Health Office   (Thailand)

^f JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIDS; Chicken faeces; Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcus neoformans; HIV; Isolation; Phayao; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; POULTRY DISEASES; SEASONS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 4444308205     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1112     Document Type: Article

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