Table 1. Distribution of molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii isolates from Korea, Japan, and China by multilocus sequence typing – Annals of Clinical Microbiology

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Table 1. Distribution of molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii isolates from Korea, Japan, and China by multilocus sequence typing

Country	Source	Molecular type																				Reference
		VNI										VNII	VNIV	VGI		VGII					VGIII
		ST4	ST5	ST31	ST32	ST38	ST53	ST63	ST191	ST359	ST360	ST43	ST127	ST57	ST159	ST7	ST21	ST44	ST126	ST173	ST113
Korea	Clinical		32	4									1	1		1					1	[12]
Korea	Environmental		7	3																		[12]
Korea	Clinical															2						[21]
Japan	Clinical		31		1							3										[22]
Japan	Environmental	4	4																			[22]
China	Clinical		34	3				1		2	1				1			1				[10]
China	Clinical		22	1				1														[23]
China	Environmental		5	54		1	10		8					3								[24]
China	Clinical															2	1	2	1	1		[25]

Abbreviation: ST, sequence type.