Transmission of Hypervirulence traits via sexual reproduction within and between lineages of the human fungal pathogen cryptococcus gattii.

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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Main Authors: Kerstin Voelz, Hansong Ma, Sujal Phadke, Edmond J Byrnes, Pinkuan Zhu, Olaf Mueller, Rhys A Farrer, Daniel A Henk, Yonathan Lewit, Yen-Ping Hsueh, Matthew C Fisher, Alexander Idnurm, Joseph Heitman, Robin C May
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3764205?pdf=render

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