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Consensus multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii

Wieland Meyer Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney Western Clinical School at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia
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David M. Aanensen Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Teun Boekhout CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Massimo Cogliati Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Dip. Sanitá Pubblica-Microbiologia-Virologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Mara R. Diaz Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Fl, USA
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Maria Carmela Esposto Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Dip. Sanitá Pubblica-Microbiologia-Virologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Matthew Fisher Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Felix Gilgado Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney Western Clinical School at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia
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Ferry Hagen CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Sirada Kaocharoen Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney Western Clinical School at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia; Inter-Department of Medical Microbiology, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Anastasia P. Litvintseva Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Thomas G. Mitchell Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Sitali P. Simwami Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Luciana Trilles Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney Western Clinical School at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia; Laboratório de Micologia, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chargas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Maria Anna Viviani Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Dip. Sanitá Pubblica-Microbiologia-Virologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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June Kwon-Chung Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 561-570 | Received 27 Jan 2009, Published online: 01 Sep 2009

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Lili Wang, Min Zhang, Jian Guo, Wenzheng Guo, Ni Zhong, Hui Shen, Jinfeng Cai, Zhaoqin Zhu & Wenjuan Wu. (2021) In vitro activities of the tetrazole VT-1161 compared with itraconazole and fluconazole against Cryptococcus and non-albicans Candida species. Mycologia 113:5, pages 918-925.
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Massimo Cogliati, Ralika R. Zamfirova, Anna Maria Tortorano & Maria Anna Viviani. (2013) Molecular epidemiology of Italian clinical Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii isolates. Medical Mycology 51:5, pages 499-506.
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Luciana Trilles, Wieland Meyer, Bodo Wanke, Josep Guarro & Marcia Lazéra. (2012) Correlation of antifungal susceptibility and molecular type within the Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii species complex. Medical Mycology 50:3, pages 328-332.
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Anuradha Chowdhary, Harbans S. Randhawa, Anupam Prakash & Jacques F. Meis. (2012) Environmental prevalence of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in India: An update. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 38:1, pages 1-16.
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