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An Overview of Sex Bias in C. neoformans Infections
Cryptococcosis, a fungal disease arising from the etiologic agent Cryptococcus neoformans, sickens a quarter of a million people annually, resulting in over 180,000 deaths. Interestingly, males are affected by cryptococcosis more frequently than females, a phenomenon observed for more than a half ce...
Autores principales: | Guess, Tiffany E., Rosen, Joseph A., McClelland, Erin E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6023476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29670032 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof4020049 |
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