Insights into the Mechanisms of Protective Immunity against Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Using a Mouse Model of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis

Karen L. Wozniak; Sailatha Ravi; Sandra Macias; Mattie L. Young; Michal A. Olszewski; Chad Steele; Floyd L. Wormley Jr.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006854

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Insights into the Mechanisms of Protective Immunity against Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Using a Mouse Model of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis

Karen L. Wozniak,

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Sailatha Ravi,

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Sandra Macias,

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Mattie L. Young,

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Michal A. Olszewski,

Affiliations VA Ann Arbor Health System, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Chad Steele,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Floyd L. Wormley Jr.

* E-mail: floyd.wormley@utsa.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Insights into the Mechanisms of Protective Immunity against Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Using a Mouse Model of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis

Karen L. Wozniak,
Sailatha Ravi,
Sandra Macias,
Mattie L. Young,
Michal A. Olszewski,
Chad Steele,
Floyd L. Wormley Jr.

Published: September 3, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006854

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