Human defenses against Cryptococcus neoformans: An update
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Mycopathologia
- Vol. 143 (3) , 121-125
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006905331276
Abstract
Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen, especially in AIDS patients, and is found world-wide. On the other hand, Cryptococcus neoformans var. gatti (CN-g) is...Keywords
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