Population Genetic Analysis Reveals a High Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Cryptococcus gattii VGII Population and Shifts the Global Origin from the Amazon Rainforest to the Semi-arid Desert in the Northeast of Brazil

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are responsible globally for almost one million cryptococcosis cases yearly, mostly in immunocompromised patients, such as those living with HIV. Infections due to C. gattii have mainly been described in tropical and subtropical regions, but its adapta...

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Autores principales: Souto, Ana C. P., Bonfietti, Lucas X., Ferreira-Paim, Kennio, Trilles, Luciana, Martins, Marilena, Ribeiro-Alves, Marcelo, Pham, Cau D., Martins, Liline, dos Santos, Wallace, Chang, Marilene, Brito-Santos, Fabio, Santos, Dayane C. S., Fortes, Silvana, Lockhart, Shawn R., Wanke, Bodo, Melhem, Márcia S. C., Lazéra, Márcia S., Meyer, Wieland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27529479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004885

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