Evidence that the Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii May Have Evolved in Africa

• Anastasia P. Litvintseva ,

  * E-mail: litvi001@mc.duke.edu

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Ignazio Carbone,

  Affiliation Center for Integrated Fungal Research, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Jenny Rossouw,

  Affiliation Special Bacterial Pathogens Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

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• Rameshwari Thakur,

  Affiliation Mycology Department, National Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Nelesh P. Govender,

  Affiliation Mycology Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

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• Thomas G. Mitchell

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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