Geographically Structured Populations of Cryptococcus neoformans Variety grubii in Asia Correlate with HIV Status and Show a Clonal Population Structure

• Main Authors: Khayhan K., Hagen F., Pan W., Simwami S., Fisher M.C., Wahyuningsih R., Chakrabarti A., Chowdhary A., Ikeda R., Taj-Aldeen S.J., Khan Z., Ip M., Imran D., Sjam R., Sriburee P., Liao W., Chaicumpar K., Vuddhakul V., Meyer W., Trilles L., van Iersel L.J.J., Meis J.F., Klaassen C.H.W., Boekhout T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883443243&partnerID=40&md5=12596f61f478ea356edb4bb33dffedc9; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/4133
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Cryptococcosis is an important fungal disease in Asia with an estimated 140,000 new infections annually the majority of which occurs in patients suffering from HIV/AIDS. Cryptococcus neoformans variety grubii (serotype A) is the major causative agent of this disease. In the present study, multilocus...