Pathogenicity and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans from an environmental perspective

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In the past half century Cryptococcus neoformans emerged as a major human pathogen leading the World Health Organization to place it among its top four critical priority group. C. neoformans is common in the environment resulting in widespread human exposure but disease in immunocompetent hosts is rare. The fungus is endowed with powerful virulence factors that allow it to resist immunological mechanisms for...

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