Cryptococcus neoformans shows a remarkable genotypic diversity in Brazil

  • M T Barreto de Oliveira
  • , T Boekhout
  • , B Theelen
  • , F Hagen
  • , F A Baroni
  • , M S Lazera
  • , K B Lengeler
  • , J Heitman
  • , I N G Rivera
  • , C R Paula*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1356-9
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume42
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Brazil
  • Columbidae/microbiology
  • Cryptococcosis/cerebrospinal fluid
  • Cryptococcus neoformans/classification
  • DNA Primers
  • Feces/microbiology
  • Gene Amplification
  • Genetic Variation
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics

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