Studies on the nutritional requirements of Cryptococcus neoformans
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Epidemiological and immunological studies of Cryptococcus neoformans.
Walter, Jinks E. (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.), and Robert W. Atchison. Epidemiological and immunological studies of Cryptococcus neoformans. J. Bacteriol. 92:82-87. 1966.-The complement-fixation fluorescent-antibody test provided a means of differentiating between antibodies of Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans. The test was applied to the sera of 134 pigeon fanciers f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology
سال: 1960
ISSN: 1884-6971,0583-0516
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm1960.1.3_237