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Molecular epidemiology and microbiological characteristics of Cryptococcus gattii VGII isolates from China.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Feb 2022
Zang Xuelei, Ke Weixin, Wang Lifeng, Wu Hua, Huang Yemei, Deng Hengyu, Zhou Meng, Wu Ningxin, Xue Xinying, Shen Dingxia
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus gattii (C. gattii) is a fungal pathogen that once caused an outbreak of cryptococcosis on Vancouver Island, and had spread worldwide, while few data were available in China. In this study, seven clinical isolates of C. gattii VGII were collected from 19 hospitals, Multi-locus Sequence Typing (MLST) analysis and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was performed, combined with published data for phylogenetic...
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