Intracellular parasitism of macrophages by Cryptococcus

The pathogenic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are two of the main causes of life-threatening meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals respectively. Following inhalation, cryptococci are engulfed by phagocytic cells in the lung and previous studi...

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Main Author: Ma, Hansong
Published: University of Birmingham 2009
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512465