Table 2.
Genotypic diversity of the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes populations from Latin America, according to multilocus sequence typing (MLST).
| Population Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species Complex | MT | Clinical | Environmental | Veterinary | Total |
| C. neoformans | VNI | 262 | 76 | - | 344 2 |
| VNB | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| VNII | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| VNIV | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| n of isolates | 280 | 81 | - | 367 2 | |
| n of STs | 34 | 16 | - | 41 | |
| D 1 | 0.6149 | 0.7247 | - | 0.7104 | |
| C. gattii | VGI | 28 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| VGII | 207 | 82 | 10 | 299 | |
| VGIII | 37 | 32 | - | 69 | |
| VGIV | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| n of isolates | 273 | 116 | 11 | 400 | |
| n of STs | 125 | 116 | 8 | 149 | |
| D 1 | 0.9806 | 0.9195 | 0.9273 | 0.9755 | |
1D: Simpsons diversity index. 2 Six C. neoformans isolates were from unknown source. MT: molecular type.