Cryptococcus neoformans α Strains Preferentially Disseminate to the Central Nervous System during Coinfection

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Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that has evolved over the past 40 million years into three distinct varieties or sibling species (gattii, grubii, and neoformans). Each variety manifests differences in epidemiology and disease, and var. grubii strains are responsible for the vast majority of human disease. In previous studies, alpha strains were more virulent than congenic a strains in var....

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