Extracellular Fibrils of Pathogenic Yeast Cryptococcus gattii Are Important for Ecological Niche, Murine Virulence and Human Neutrophil Interactions

• Deborah J. Springer,

  Current address: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

  Affiliations Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• Ping Ren,

  Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• Ramesh Raina,

  Affiliation Biology Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

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• Yimin Dong,

  Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• Melissa J. Behr,

  Current address: Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• Bruce F. McEwen,

  Affiliations Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• Samuel S. Bowser,

  Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• William A. Samsonoff,

  Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• Sudha Chaturvedi,

  Affiliations Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

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• Vishnu Chaturvedi

  * E-mail: vishnu@wadsworth.org

  Affiliations Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

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