… Cryptococcosis is caused by the opportunistic pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans or by
the primary pathogen Cryptococcus gattii . Epidemiological studies suggest that patients …

… Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen with a predilection to
infect persons with suppressed T-cell function. Cryptococcal mannoproteins (MP) are highly …

… by decreased organ cryptococcus colony counts (59). We have identified both protective
and nonprotective MAbs by using a murine model of C. neoformans infection. Protective MAbs …

… Cryptococcus neoformans is a frequent opportunistic infectious agent in patients with …
to mice to study the pathogenesis of C. neoformans infections in the setting of impaired T-cell …

… The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans causes approximately one million cases
of cryptococcosis per year in people with AIDS. In contrast, the related species …

The encapsulated yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans, causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis
in immunocompromised humans, especially in AIDS patients. Fatality and relapse …

… levels than a strains (40, 78) and that the strain JEC21 was more virulent than the congenic
a strain JEC20 in a murine tail vein infection model of cryptococcosis as well as in the …

… murine model of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans to that
caused by C. gattii… Our objectives were to adapt an established murine model of cryptococcal …

… observed in C. neoformans or other pulmonary fungal infection models, our results suggest
a … role for other cytokines in the induction of protective anamnestic responses against C. …

… The yeast Cryptococcus neoformans is an … neoformans serotype were compared in terms
of virulence factors and pathogenicity in an experimental murine model of cryptococcosis…