Emergence and Pathogenicity of Highly Virulent Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Northwest United States

Edmond J. Byrnes III; Wenjun Li; Yonathan Lewit; Hansong Ma; Kerstin Voelz; Ping Ren; Dee A. Carter; Vishnu Chaturvedi; Robert J. Bildfell; Robin C. May; Joseph Heitman

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000850

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Emergence and Pathogenicity of Highly Virulent Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Northwest United States

Edmond J. Byrnes III ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Edmond J. Byrnes III, Wenjun Li, Yonathan Lewit

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Wenjun Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Edmond J. Byrnes III, Wenjun Li, Yonathan Lewit

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Yonathan Lewit ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Edmond J. Byrnes III, Wenjun Li, Yonathan Lewit

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Hansong Ma,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathobiology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Kerstin Voelz,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathobiology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Ping Ren,

Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Dee A. Carter,

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Vishnu Chaturvedi,

Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Robert J. Bildfell,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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Robin C. May,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathobiology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Joseph Heitman

* E-mail: heitm001@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Emergence and Pathogenicity of Highly Virulent Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Northwest United States

Edmond J. Byrnes III,
Wenjun Li,
Yonathan Lewit,
Hansong Ma,
Kerstin Voelz,
Ping Ren,
Dee A. Carter,
Vishnu Chaturvedi,
Robert J. Bildfell,
Robin C. May

Published: April 22, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000850

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Authors' characterizations of aspects of C. gattii not studied Posted by stevekass on 24 Apr 2010 at 00:11 GMT

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