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Selection of optimal host strain for molecular pathogenesis studies on Cryptococcus gattii.
Mycopathologia - 1 Oct 2005
Chaturvedi Sudha, Ren Ping, Narasipura Srinivas D, Chaturvedi Vishnu
Abstract excerpt
Encapsulated yeast, Cryptococcus gattii (Cg) is a primary and emerging fungal pathogen in North America. It has a predilection for invading the central nervous system of both healthy and immunocompromised humans and animals. Recently, we initiated molecular pathogenesis studies in Cg strain NIH444 (ATCC 32609). In this report, we compared the biology and pathogenic potential of NIH444 to those of WM276, an...
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