Transmission of Hypervirulence Traits via Sexual Reproduction within and between Lineages of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii

Since 1999 a lineage of the pathogen Cryptococcus gattii has been infecting humans and other animals in Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the USA. It is now the largest outbreak of a life-threatening fungal infection in a healthy population in recorded history. The high virulence of outbreak strai...

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Autores principales: Voelz, Kerstin, Ma, Hansong, Phadke, Sujal, Byrnes, Edmond J., Zhu, Pinkuan, Mueller, Olaf, Farrer, Rhys A., Henk, Daniel A., Lewit, Yonathan, Hsueh, Yen-Ping, Fisher, Matthew C., Idnurm, Alexander, Heitman, Joseph, May, Robin C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003771

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003771

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