Identification and Characterization of VNI/VNII and Novel VNII/VNIV Hybrids and Impact of Hybridization on Virulence and Antifungal Susceptibility Within the C. neoformans/C. gattii Species Complex

• Mojgan Aminnejad,

  Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School – Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

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• Massimo Cogliati,

  Affiliation Laboratory Micologia Medica, Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

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• Shuyao Duan,

  Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School – Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

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• Michael Arabatzis,

  Affiliation Mycology Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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• Kathrin Tintelnot,

  Affiliation Mycology Group, Robert Koch Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Elizabeth Castañeda,

  Affiliation Grupo de Microbiología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

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• Marcia Lazéra,

  Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Aristea Velegraki,

  Affiliation Mycology Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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• David Ellis,

  Affiliation School of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

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• Tania C. Sorrell,

  Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School – Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

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• Wieland Meyer

  * E-mail: wieland.meyer@sydney.edu.au

  Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School – Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

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