aOriginal strain number is designated in parenthesis. bUnk, unknown. cUK, United Kingdom; USA, United States of America; SA, South Africa; MEX, Mexico; CAN, Canada. dGBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome; MFS,
Cryptococcal infections are mainly caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex (molecular types VNI, VNII, VNB, VNIV and the AD hybrid VNIII). PCR of the mating type loci and MLST