Cryptococcus gattii in urban trees from cities in North-eastern Argentina

Mycoses

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 646-650

  Mazza, Mariana ^a   Refojo, Nicolás ^a   Bosco Borgeat, María Eugenia ^a   Taverna, Constanza Giselle ^a   Trovero, Alicia Cristina ^b   Rogé, Ariel ^b   Davel, Graciela ^a  

^a INEI 'Dr Carlos G Malbrán' ANLIS Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Environmental isolation; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

CAFFEIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; ENVIRONMENT; EUCALYPTUS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; TREE; URBAN AREA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; EUCALYPTUS; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; TIPUANA TIPU;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPING; SEROTYPING;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ARGENTINA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FABACEAE; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEACEAE; SEROTYPING; TREES;

EID: 84886313972     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12084     Document Type: Article

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