A Heat-Killed <italic toggle="yes">Cryptococcus</italic> Mutant Strain Induces Host Protection against Multiple Invasive Mycoses in a Murine Vaccine Model

ABSTRACT Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that infects the lungs and then often disseminates to the central nervous system, causing meningitis. How Cryptococcus is able to suppress host immunity and escape the antifungal activity of macrophages remains incompletely understood. We reporte...

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Auteurs principaux: Yina Wang, Keyi Wang, Jorge A. Masso-Silva, Amariliz Rivera, Chaoyang Xue
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2019-12-01
Collection:mBio
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Accès en ligne:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02145-19