Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptococcus gattii: Serotypes in Venezuela

Mycopathologia

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-153

  Perez C ^a   Dolande, M ^b   Moya, M ^b   Rosello A ^a   De Capriles, Claudia R Hartung ^a   Landaeta, M E ^a   Mata Essayag, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus; Immunization; Rabbits; Serotyping; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RABBIT; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 49249128791     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9132-1     Document Type: Article

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