Cryptococcus neoformans strains and infection in apparently immunocompetent patients, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 755-762

  Chen, Jianghan ^a   Varma, Ashok ^b   Diaz, Mara R ^c   Litvintseva, Anastasia P ^d   Wollenberg, Kurt K ^b   Kwon Chung, Kyung J ^b,e  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 45249094962     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.071312     Document Type: Article

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