Population Genetic Analysis Reveals a High Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Cryptococcus gattii VGII Population and Shifts the Global Origin from the Amazon Rainforest to the Semi-arid Desert in the Northeast of Brazil

• Ana C. P. Souto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ana C. P. Souto, Lucas X. Bonfietti

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Lucas X. Bonfietti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ana C. P. Souto, Lucas X. Bonfietti

  Affiliation Institute Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Kennio Ferreira-Paim,

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

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• Luciana Trilles,

  Affiliations Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Marie Bashir Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

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• Marilena Martins,

  Affiliation Institute Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves,

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Cau D. Pham,

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Liline Martins,

  Affiliation University of Piauí State, Teresina, Brazil

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• Wallace dos Santos,

  Affiliations Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Marie Bashir Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil

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• Marilene Chang,

  Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil

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• Fabio Brito-Santos,

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Dayane C. S. Santos,

  Affiliation Institute Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Silvana Fortes,

  Affiliation Biodiversity Research Center, Federal University of Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil

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• Shawn R. Lockhart,

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Bodo Wanke,

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Márcia S. C. Melhem,

  Affiliation Institute Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Márcia S. Lazéra,

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Wieland Meyer

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

  Affiliations Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Marie Bashir Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

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