Spores as infectious propagules of Cryptococcus neoformans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4345-4355

  Velagapudi, Rajesh ^a   Hsueh, Yen Ping ^a   Geunes Boyer, Scarlett ^a   Wright, Jo Rae ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPLOIDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INOCULATION; INVERTEBRATE; LUNG; MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; SURFACE PROPERTY; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPHAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LUNG; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPLEEN; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70349428436     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00542-09     Document Type: Article

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