Population diversity and virulence characteristics of Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii species complexes isolated during the pre-HIV-pandemic era.

Cryptococcosis has become a major global health problem since the advent of the HIV pandemic in 1980s. Although its molecular epidemiology is well-defined, using isolates recovered since then, no pre-HIV-pandemic era epidemiological data exist. We conducted a molecular epidemiological study using 22...

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Main Authors: Sujiraphong Pharkjaksu, Kyung J Kwon-Chung, John E Bennett, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008651