Ecological surveys of the Cryptococcus species complex in China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 511-516

  Li, An Sheng ^a   Pan, Wei Hua ^b   Wu, Shao Xi ^a   Hideaki, Taguchi ^c   Guo, Ning Ru ^a   Shen, Yong Nian ^a   Lu, Gui Xia ^a   Pan, Ru Gui ^d   Zhu, Miao Chang ^e   Chen, Min ^b   Shi, Wei Ming ^f   Liao, Wan Qing ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e Jiangxi Guixi Forest Bureau   (China)

^f SHANGHAI FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Ecology

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHINA; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOLOGICAL SURVEY; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FORESTRY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PIGEON;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EUCALYPTUS; FECES;

EID: 84863080523     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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