Experimental Models of Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal disease that infects around one million people each year. Establishment and progression of disease involves a complex interplay between the fungus and a diverse range of host cell types. Over recent years, numerous cellular, tissue, and animal models have...
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| author | Wilber Sabiiti Robin C. May E. Rhiannon Pursall |
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| description | Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal disease that infects around one million people each year. Establishment and progression of disease involves a complex interplay between the fungus and a diverse range of host cell types. Over recent years, numerous cellular, tissue, and animal models have been exploited to probe this host-pathogen interaction. Here we review the range of experimental models that are available for cryptococcosis research and compare the relative advantages and limitations of the different systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7270fe702e0e4700a39bd026fe5277702025-08-20T03:33:45ZengWileyInternational Journal of Microbiology1687-918X1687-91982012-01-01201210.1155/2012/626745626745Experimental Models of CryptococcosisWilber Sabiiti0Robin C. May1E. Rhiannon Pursall2School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKCryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal disease that infects around one million people each year. Establishment and progression of disease involves a complex interplay between the fungus and a diverse range of host cell types. Over recent years, numerous cellular, tissue, and animal models have been exploited to probe this host-pathogen interaction. Here we review the range of experimental models that are available for cryptococcosis research and compare the relative advantages and limitations of the different systems.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/626745 |
| spellingShingle | Wilber Sabiiti Robin C. May E. Rhiannon Pursall Experimental Models of Cryptococcosis |
| title | Experimental Models of Cryptococcosis |
| title_full | Experimental Models of Cryptococcosis |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Models of Cryptococcosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Models of Cryptococcosis |
| title_short | Experimental Models of Cryptococcosis |
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