A diverse population of Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGIII in Southern Californian HIV/AIDS patients

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Byrnes Edmond J , III ^a,e   Li, Wenjun ^a   Ren, Ping ^b   Lewit, Yonathan ^a   Voelz, Kerstin ^c   Fraser, James A ^d   Dietrich, Fred S ^a   May, Robin C ^c   Chatuverdi, Sudha ^b   Chatuverdi, Vishnu ^b   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII INFECTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FERTILITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; MURINAE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 80053459911     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002205     Document Type: Article

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