First isolation of Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGII and Cryptococcus neoformans molecular type VNI from environmental sources in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are important agents of meningoencephalitis in humans in the city of Belém. This clinical data suggests that the region may be a highly endemic area for the pathogenic Cryptococcus species within the state of Pará (PA), Northern Brazil. Preliminary ana...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Solange do PSE Costa, Márcia dos S Lazéra, Wallace RA Santos, Bernardina P Morales, Cláudia CF Bezerra, Marília M Nishikawa, Gláucia G Barbosa, Luciana Trilles, José LM do Nascimento, Bodo Wanke
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2009-07-01
Subjects:	Cryptococcus neoformans Cryptococcus gattii cryptococcosis Belém Pará
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000400023