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Cryptococcal meningitis in Viet Nam

2010-01-01

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<i>Cryptococcal neoformans</i> is the commonest cause of invasive fungal disease in the world, causing up to 1.5 million cases of meningitis each year, and 1 million deaths. The aims of this thesis were to understand the differences in cryptococcal meningitis in Viet Nam in relation to the HIV infection status of the host, focussing on disease clinical phenotype, prognostic factors and the molecular epidemiology o...

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DOI: 10.21954/ou.ro.0000f1f2

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