Clinical and pathological characterization of Central Nervous System cryptococcosis in an experimental mouse model of stereotaxic intracerebral infection

• Mohamed F. Hamed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

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• Vanessa Enriquez,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Melissa E. Munzen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Claudia L. Charles-Niño,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Pathology, University Health Sciences Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

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• Mircea Radu Mihu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Advanced Critical Care, Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, Advanced Cardiac Care and 24/7 Shock Service, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Oklahoma State University Health Science Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Habibeh Khoshbouei,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America

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• Karina Alviña,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America

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• Luis R. Martinez

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: LMartinez@dental.ufl.edu

  Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America, Center for Immunology and Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6372-6501

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