Table 1.
Distribution of the major molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes isolates reported from Latin American countries.
| C. neoformans Species Complex | C. gattii Species Complex | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country [Ref] | n | Source | VNI | VNII | VNIII | VNIV | VGI | VGII | VGIII | VGIV | Total |
| Brazil [18,20,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92] | 2762 1 | Cli | 1537 2 | 91 | - | 2 | 21 | 409 2,3 | 18 | - | 2078 |
| Env | 365 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 242 3 | - | - | 654 | ||
| Vet | 3 | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 17 | ||
| Colombia [18,32,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109] | 1436 | Cli | 396 3 | 19 3 | - | 6 | 12 | 64 2,3 | 40 | 2 | 539 |
| Env | 686 | 6 | - | - | 4 2 | 107 2 | 83 | 11 | 897 | ||
| Argentina [18,20,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119] | 644 | Cli | 532 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 3 | - | 600 |
| Env | 19 | - | - | - | 23 | 2 | - | 44 | |||
| Mexico [18,32,120,121] | 321 | Cli | 209 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 26 2 | 7 | 298 |
| Env | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 23 | ||
| Cuba [17,35,122,123,124] | 247 | Cli | 141 | - | - | 36 | - | - | 1 | - | 178 |
| Env | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | ||
| Vet | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Venezuela [18,32,125,126] | 101 | Cli | 70 | 10 | 1 | - | 5 | 12 | 3 | - | 101 |
| Peru [18,127,128] | 85 | Cli | 64 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 85 |
| Costa Rica [129] | 36 | Cli | 22 | 11 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 36 |
| Ecuador [130,131] | 28 | Cli | 27 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 28 |
| Chile [18,125,132,133] | 20 | Cli | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Env | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| Vet | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Guatemala [18] | 15 | Cli | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 15 |
| Bolivia [134] | 1 | Cli | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Honduras [15] | 1 | Cli | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paraguay [32] | 1 | Cli | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Uruguay [135] | 1 | Env | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Cli | 3022 | 186 | 49 | 64 | 60 | 492 | 93 | 10 | 3976 | ||
| Env | 1160 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 34 | 350 | 90 | 11 | 1691 | ||
| Vet | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | 19 | ||
| Total | 4185 | 208 | 50 | 87 | 95 | 856 | 184 | 21 | 5686 | ||
1 Six clinical and seven environmental VNB isolates are included. 2 Mating type a was reported among the isolates. 3 Pediatric cases were reported among the clinical isolates. Cli: clinical; Env: environmental; Vet: veterinary.