Fundamental niche prediction of the pathogenic yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Europe

Authors: Akcaglar S, Bertout S, Boekhout T, Cerikcioglu N, Cogliati M, Colom MF, Criseo G, De Donno A, Desnos-Ollivier M, Dipineto L, Dromer F, Ellabib MS, Ergin C, Ferreira-Paim K, Hagen F, Ilkit M, Inácio J, Kwon-Chung KJ, Macci C, Marchese A, Meyer W, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Montagna MT, Nardoni S, Pasquale V, Polacheck I, Puccianti E, Ranque S, Rickerts V, Sampaio AC, Scopa A, Susever S, Trovato L, Varma A, Velegraki A, Vencà AC, Vezzulli L
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Environmental Microbiology.
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1462-2920.13915

Fundamental niche prediction of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Europe is an important tool to understand where these pathogenic yeasts have a high probability to survive in the environment and therefore to identify the areas with high risk of infection. In this study, occurrence data for C. neoformans and C. gattii were compared by […]
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Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. Gattii around the Mediterranean basin

Authors: Akcaglar S, Al-Yasiri MH, Alonso B, Bertout S, Boekhout T, Caggiano G, Cerikcioglu N, Cogliati M, Colom MF, Criseo G, D'Amicis R, De Giglio O, Desnos-Ollivier M, Dipineto L, Dromer F, Ellabib MS, Ergin C, Ferreira-Paim K, Hagen F, Ilkit M, Inácio J, Kaya M, Korem M, Kwon-Chung KJ, Lockhart SR, Macci C, Mallié M, Marchese A, Martins Mda L, McCormick-Smith I, Meyer W, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Montagna MT, Nardoni S, Oliveri S, Pasquale V, Pereira C, Polacheck I, Ranque S, Rickerts V, Romeo O, Sampaio AC, Scopa A, Serio F, Susever S, Theelen B, Tintelnot K, Tore O, Tortorano AM, Trovato L, Varma A, Velegraki A, Vencà AC, Vezzulli L, Vieira ML, Zani A
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: FEMS Yeast Research
Link: https://academic.oup.com/femsyr/article/16/4/fow045/2680354

In order to elucidate the distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii in the Mediterranean basin, an extensive environmental survey was carried out during 2012-2015. A total of 302 sites located in 12 countries were sampled, 6436 samples from 3765 trees were collected and 5% of trees were found to be colonized by cryptococcal yeasts. […]
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Differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans varieties and Cryptococcus gattii using CAP59-based loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification.

Members of the Cryptococcus species complex (C. neoformans and C. gattii) are opportunistic pathogens responsible for frequently fatal cases of meningoencephalitis. These yeasts have been classified into five serotypes. Serotypes A and D are assigned to C. neoformans var. grubii and C. neoformans var. neoformans, respectively, Serotype AD strains are hybrids and serotype B and […]
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Insights on the genotype distribution among Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii Portuguese clinical isolates

Authors: Inácio J, Maduro AP, Mansinho K, Martins ML, Meyer W, Silva I, Teles F
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Current Microbiology
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24077953

This study provides a comprehensive picture of the C. neoformans/C. gattii molecular types most often associated with human cryptococcosis in Portugal and assesses the impact of C. gattii in these infections. One hundred and twenty-two clinical isolates, from distinct patients, were identified as C. neoformans and genotyped by URA5-RFLP, with the molecular types VNI (45.5 %) and VNIII (30.9 %) being the most commonly found ones.
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Fundamental niche prediction of the pathogenic yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Europe

Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. Gattii around the Mediterranean basin

Differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans varieties and Cryptococcus gattii using CAP59-based loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification.

Insights on the genotype distribution among Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii Portuguese clinical isolates

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