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Transmission of Hypervirulence traits via sexual reproduction within and between lineages of the human fungal pathogen cryptococcus gattii.

PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2013

Voelz Kerstin, Ma Hansong, Phadke Sujal, Byrnes Edmond J, Zhu Pinkuan, Mueller Olaf, Farrer Rhys A, Henk Daniel A, Lewit Yonathan, Hsueh Yen-Ping, Fisher Matthew C, Idnurm Alexander, Heitman Joseph, May Robin C

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Since 1999 a lineage of the pathogen Cryptococcus gattii has been infecting humans and other animals in Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the USA. It is now the largest outbreak of a life-threatening fungal infection in a healthy population in recorded history. The high virulence of outbreak strains is closely linked to the ability of the pathogen to undergo rapid mitochondrial tubularisation and proliferation...

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PMID: 24039607
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003771
PMCID: PMC3764205

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