Automated analysis of cryptococcal macrophage parasitism using GFP-tagged cryptococci.

The human fungal pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii cause life-threatening infections of the central nervous system. One of the major characteristics of cryptococcal disease is the ability of the pathogen to parasitise upon phagocytic immune effector cells, a phenomenon that correlates...

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Main Authors: Kerstin Voelz, Simon A Johnston, Julian C Rutherford, Robin C May
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3013146?pdf=render