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Genetic differentiation, recombination and clonal expansion in environmental populations of Cryptococcus gattii in India.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2011
Chowdhary Anuradha, Hiremath Sanjay S, Sun Sheng, Kowshik Tusharantak, Randhawa Harbans S, Xu Jianping
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Cryptococcus gattii is a ubiquitous eukaryotic pathogen capable of causing life-threatening infections in a wide variety of hosts, including both immunocompromised and immunocompetent humans. Since infections by C. gattii are predominantly obtained from environmental exposures, understanding environmental populations of this pathogen is critical, especially in countries like India with a large population and with...
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