DISTRIBUTION OF α AND α MATING TYPES OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS AMONG NATURAL AND CLINICAL ISOLATES
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 108 (4) , 337-340
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112628
Abstract
Survey revealed that the mating type a Is predominant among natural and clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans regardless of the serotype. The ratio of a and a type was about 40: 1 among 105 natural isolates and 30: 1 in 233 clinical Isolates.Keywords
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