Prevalence of the VNIc genotype of Cryptococcus neoformans in non-HIV-associated cryptococcosis in the Republic of Korea

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 769-778

  Choi, Young Hwa ^a,k   Ngamskulrungroj, Popchai ^a   Varma, Ashok ^a   Sionov, Edward ^a   Hwang, Soo Myung ^b   Carriconde, Fabian ^c   Meyer, Wieland ^c   Litvintseva, Anastasia P ^d   Lee, Wee Gyo ^e   Shin, Jong Hee ^f   Kim, Eui Chong ^g   Lee, Kyung Won ^h   Choi, Tae Yeal ⁱ   Lee, Yeong Seon ^j   Kwon Chung, Kyung J ^a  

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

^b Catholic University of Pusan   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^g Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^h Yonsei University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^k Ajou University   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; epidemiology; MLST; molecular type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 77955802922     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2010.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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