X-linked immunodeficient (XID) mice exhibit high susceptibility to Cryptococcus gattii infection

X-linked immunodeficient (XID) mice exhibit high susceptibility to Cryptococcus gattii infection

Abstract Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic disease caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. It starts as a pulmonary infection that can spread to other organs, such as the brain, leading to the most serious occurrence of the disease, meningoencephalitis. The humoral res...

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Main Authors: Israel Diniz-Lima, Pablo Rodrigo da Rosa, Elias Barbosa da Silva-Junior, Joyce Cristina Guimarães-de-Oliveira, Elisangela Oliveira de Freitas, Danielle de Oliveira Nascimento, Alexandre Morrot, Leonardo Nimrichter, Jose Osvaldo Previato, Lucia Mendonça-Previato, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima, Debora Decote-Ricardo, Celio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97041-9

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97041-9

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