Molecular Epidemiology Reveals Genetic Diversity amongst Isolates of the Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii Species Complex in Thailand

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kaocharoen, Sirada ^a,b   Ngamskulrungroj, Popchai ^b,c   Firacative, Carolina ^b,d   Trilles, Luciana ^b,e   Piyabongkarn, Dumrongdej ^a   Banlunara, Wijit ^a   Poonwan, Natteewan ^f   Chaiprasert, Angkana ^c   Meyer, Wieland ^b   Chindamporn, Ariya ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^e Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; THAILAND;

EID: 84880810668     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002297     Document Type: Article

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