Regional pattern of the molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-462

  Trilles, Luciana ^b   Lazéra, Márcia Dos Santos ^a   Wanke, Bodo ^a   Oliveira, Raquel Vasconcelos ^a   Barbosa, Gláucia Gonçalves ^a   Nishikawa, Marília Martins ^c   Morales, Bernardina Penarrieta ^a   Meyer, Wieland ^b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Epidemiology; Molecular types

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 50449086018     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000500008     Document Type: Article

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