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Volume 11, Number 11—November 2005
Research

Cryptococcus gattii in AIDS Patients, Southern California

Sudha Chaturvedi*†, Madhu Dyavaiah*, Robert A. Larsen‡§, and Vishnu Chaturvedi*†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York, USA; †State University of New York, Albany, Albany, New York, USA; ‡University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; §Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Table 2

Primers used in this study*

Primer name Sequence Target Source/reference
V190–5´ 5´-CTTCACTGCCATCTTCACCA-3´ MFα1Cg, CnVN, and CnVG (21)
V191–3 5´-GACACAAAGGGTCATGCCA-3´
V290–5´ 5´-CGCCTTCACTGCTACCTTCT-3´ MFa1CnVN (21)
V291–3´ 5´-AACGCAAGAGTAAGTCGGGC-3´
V1311–5´ 5´-TGCCTTCACTGCTATCTTCT-3´ MFa1CnVG This study
V1312–3´ 5´-AACGCAAGAGTAGGTAGGAC-3´
V1313–5´ 5´-CGCCTTCACTGCTATCTTTTC-3´ MFa1Cg This study
V1314–3´ 5´-CACACAAGAGTAAGTGATGC-3´

*Cn, Cryptococcus neoformans; Cg, Cryptococcus gattii; VN, var. neoformans; VG, var. grubii.

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