Cryptococcus gattii isolates induce less protective inflammation than Cryptococcus neoformans in a murine model of infection.
The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans variety grubii is an opportunistic pathogen of immunocompromised people while the related species, Cryptococcus gattii, appears to infect people regardless of their immune status. The objective of this study was to investigate the differences between C. n...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7119 |