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Direct cell-to-cell spread of a pathogenic yeast

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcosis, a fatal fungal infection of the central nervous system, is one of the major killers of AIDS patients and other immunocompromised hosts. The causative agent, Cryptococcus neoformans, has a remarkable ability to 'hide' and proliferate within phagocytic cells of th...

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Autores principales: Ma, Hansong, Croudace, Joanne E, Lammas, David A, May, Robin C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1976318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17705831
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-8-15