Population genetic analyses reveal the African origin and strain variation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Litvintseva, Anastasia P ^a   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PIGEON; AFRICA; ANIMAL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; TREE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII;

AFRICA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TREES;

EID: 84860904111     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002495     Document Type: Article

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