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A diverse population of Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGIII in southern Californian HIV/AIDS patients.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Sept 2011
Byrnes Edmond J, Li Wenjun, Ren Ping, Lewit Yonathan, Voelz Kerstin, Fraser James A, Dietrich Fred S, May Robin C, Chaturvedi Sudha, Chatuverdi Sudha, Chaturvedi Vishnu, Chatuverdi Vishnu, Heitman Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus gattii infections in southern California have been reported in patients with HIV/AIDS. In this study, we examined the molecular epidemiology, population structure, and virulence attributes of isolates collected from HIV/AIDS patients in Los Angeles County, California. We show that these isolates consist almost exclusively of VGIII molecular type, in contrast to the VGII molecular type isolates...
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