MLST reveals a clonal population structure for Cryptococcus neoformans molecular type VNI isolates from clinical sources in Amazonas, Northern-Brazil

• Diego Fernando Silva Rocha ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Diego Fernando Silva Rocha, Luciana Trilles, João Vicente Braga de Souza

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Medical Mycology Laboratory, Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Mycology Laboratory, Coordination of Society, Environment and Health of National Research Institute of Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• Katia Santana Cruz ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Medical Mycology Laboratory, Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• Carla Silvana da Silva Santos ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Medical Mycology Laboratory, Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• Lizandra Stephanny Fernandes Menescal ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Medical Mycology Laboratory, Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• João Ricardo da Silva Neto ,

  Roles Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Medical Mycology Laboratory, Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• Silviane Bezerra Pinheiro ,

  Roles Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, Coordination of Society, Environment and Health of National Research Institute of Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• Lucyane Mendes Silva ,

  Roles Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, Coordination of Society, Environment and Health of National Research Institute of Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• Luciana Trilles ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Diego Fernando Silva Rocha, Luciana Trilles, João Vicente Braga de Souza

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute of Infectology Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro city, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• João Vicente Braga de Souza

  Contributed equally to this work with: Diego Fernando Silva Rocha, Luciana Trilles, João Vicente Braga de Souza

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: joaovicentebragasouza@inpa.gov.br

  Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, Coordination of Society, Environment and Health of National Research Institute of Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-7499

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