Comparative genomics of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii associated with meningitis in HIV infected and uninfected patients in Vietnam.

• Egile Nagusiak: Jeremy N Day (Egilea), Seet Qihui (Egilea), Lam Tuan Thanh (Egilea), Phan Hai Trieu (Egilea), Anh Duong Van (Egilea), Nha Hoang Thu (Egilea), Tran Thi Hong Chau (Egilea), Nguyen P H Lan (Egilea), Nguyen Van Vinh Chau (Egilea), Philip M Ashton (Egilea), Guy E Thwaites (Egilea), Maciej F Boni (Egilea), Marcel Wolbers (Egilea), Niranjan Nagarajan (Egilea), Patrick B O Tan (Egilea), Stephen Baker (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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The vast burden of cryptococcal meningitis occurs in immunosuppressed patients, driven by HIV, and is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii. We previously reported cryptococcal meningitis in Vietnam arising atypically in HIV uninfected, apparently immunocompetent patients, caused by a single...