Molecular characterization of environmental Cryptococcus neoformans isolated in Vitoria, ES, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 315-320

  Ribeiro, Mariceli Araujo ^a   Ngamskulrungroj, Popchai ^b,c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Mating types; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE; GENOTYPE; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FECES; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 58049202006     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000600001     Document Type: Article

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