Global VGIIa isolates are of comparable virulence to the major fatal Cryptococcus gattii Vancouver Island outbreak genotype

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-258

  Ngamskulrungroj, P ^a,b   Serena, C ^a   Gilgado, F ^a   Malik, R ^c   Meyer, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Genotype; Vancouver Island outbreak; VGII; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENOTYPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; MUS;

EID: 78751621576     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03222.x     Document Type: Article

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