Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence

• Marco A. Coelho,

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5716-0561

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• Márcia David-Palma,

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5515-7625

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• Janneke Aylward,

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9038-9595

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• Nam Q. Pham,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4938-9067

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• Cobus M. Visagie,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-5353

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• Taygen Fuchs,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8635-5627

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• Neriman Yilmaz,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4396-4630

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• Francois Roets,

  Affiliation Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-9057

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• Sheng Sun,

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2895-1153

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• John W. Taylor,

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-7700

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• Brenda D. Wingfield,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Matthew C. Fisher,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, White City, Imperial, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1862-6402

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• Michael J. Wingfield ,

  * E-mail: mike.wingfield@up.ac.za (MJW); heitm001@duke.edu (JH)

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9346-2009

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• Joseph Heitman

  * E-mail: mike.wingfield@up.ac.za (MJW); heitm001@duke.edu (JH)

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6369-5995

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