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Original Paper

Efficacy of swabbing versus a conventional technique for isolation of Cryptococcusneoformans from decayed wood in tree trunk hollows

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Pages 67-71 | Received 07 Nov 2003, Accepted 22 Feb 2004, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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