Mixed infections and in vivo evolution in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

mBio

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Desnos Ollivier, Marie ^a,b   Patel, Sweta ^a,b   Spaulding, Adam R ^c   Charlier, Caroline ^a,b   Garcia Hermoso, Dea ^a,b   Nielsen, Kirsten ^c   Dromer, Françoise ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATING TYPE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 78649324051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00091-10     Document Type: Article

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