MLST and Whole-Genome-Based Population Analysis of Cryptococcus gattii VGIII Links Clinical, Veterinary and Environmental Strains, and Reveals Divergent Serotype Specific Sub-populations and Distant Ancestors

• Carolina Firacative,

  Current Address: Institute of Immunology, Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

  Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia, Grupo de Microbiología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

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• Chandler C. Roe,

  Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

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• Richard Malik,

  Affiliation Centre for Veterinary Education, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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• Kennio Ferreira-Paim,

  Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia, Infectious Disease Department, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Patricia Escandón,

  Affiliation Grupo de Microbiología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

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• Jane E. Sykes,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Laura Rocío Castañón-Olivares,

  Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad National Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Cudberto Contreras-Peres,

  Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Blanca Samayoa,

  Affiliation Hospital San Juan de Dios, Guatemala City, Guatemala

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• Tania C. Sorrell,

  Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia

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• Elizabeth Castañeda,

  Affiliation Grupo de Microbiología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

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• Shawn R. Lockhart,

  Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• David M. Engelthaler,

  Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

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• Wieland Meyer

  * E-mail: wieland.meyer@sydney.edu.au

  Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia

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