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Environmental isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGII from indoor dust from typical wooden houses in the deep Amazonas of the Rio Negro basin.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Brito-Santos Fábio, Barbosa Gláucia Gonçalves, Trilles Luciana, Nishikawa Marília Martins, Wanke Bodo, Meyer Wieland, Carvalho-Costa Filipe Anibal, Lazéra Márcia dos Santos
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcosis is a human fungal infection of significant mortality and morbidity, especially in the meningoencephalitis form. Cryptococcosis is distributed worldwide and its agents, C. neoformans and C. gattii, present eight major molecular types-VNI-VNIV and VGI-VGIV respectively. The primary cryptococcosis caused by molecular type VGII (serotype B, MAT alpha) prevails in immunocompetent patients in the North...
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