Autochthonous and dormant Cryptococcus gattii infections in Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1618-1624

  Hagen, Ferry ^a,b   Colom, M Francisca ^c   Swinne, Daniëlle ^d   Tintelnot, Kathrin ^e   Iatta, Roberta ^f   Montagna, Maria Teresa ^f   Torres Rodriguez, Josep M ^g   Cogliati, Massimo ^h   Velegraki, Aristea ⁱ   Burggraaf, Arjan ^a   Kamermans, Alwin ^a   Sweere, Johanna M ^a,j   Meis, Jacques F ^k,l   Klaassen, Corné H W ^l   Boekhout, Teun ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^j UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EUROPE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; TRAVEL;

EID: 84872434079     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1810.120068     Document Type: Article

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