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Long-distance dispersal and recombination in environmental populations of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii from India.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2008
Hiremath Sanjay S, Chowdhary Anuradha, Kowshik Tusharantak, Randhawa Harbans S, Sun Sheng, Xu Jianping
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The basidiomycete yeast Cryptococcus neoformans is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised hosts throughout the world. The sporadic nature of the infection and the limited empirical evidence for direct human-to-human transmission have led to the belief that infections in humans are predominantly caused by the inhalation of basidiospores from environmental sources. Therefore, analysing...
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