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<i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> Shows a Remarkable Genotypic Diversity in Brazil

Maria Tereza Barreto de Oliveira, Teun Boekhout, Bart Theelen, Ferry Hagen, Fabio Baroni, Márcia Lazéra, Klaus B. Lengeler, Joseph Heitman, Irma Nelly Gutierrez Rivera, Claudete Rodrigues Paula

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2004 · 93 citations · 24 references

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The genotypic diversity of Brazilian Cryptococcus neoformans strains was analyzed. The majority of the samples were alphaA (65%), followed by alphaB (17.5%), alphaD (9%), alphaAaD hybrids (5%), and alphaC (3.5%). A considerable genotypic diversity occurred within C. neoformans var. grubii, and a new amplified fragment length polymorphism genotype, 1B, was recognized.

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