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Genotypic characterization of environmental isolates of Cryptococcus gattii from Puerto Rico.
Mycopathologia - 1 Oct 2010
Loperena-Alvarez Yaliz, Ren Ping, Li Xiaojiang, Schoonmaker-Bopp Dianna J, Bopp D J, Ruiz Alejandro, Chaturvedi Vishnu, Rios-Velazquez Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are found in distinct environments with some overlap around different parts of the world. However, no systematic surveys of these two pathogens have been reported from Puerto Rico, a tropical island uniquely situated between mainland USA and countries in South America. We carried out an exhaustive environmental survey in southwestern Puerto Rico for pathogenic...
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