Insights into the Mechanisms of Protective Immunity against Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Using a Mouse Model of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening pneumonia and meningoencephalitis in immune compromised individuals. Previous studies have shown that immunization of BALB/c mice with an IFN-γ-producing C. neoformans strain, H99γ, results in complete protectio...

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Autores principales: Wozniak, Karen L., Ravi, Sailatha, Macias, Sandra, Young, Mattie L., Olszewski, Michal A., Steele, Chad, Wormley, Floyd L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19727388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006854

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19727388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006854

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