The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is able to rapidly and effectively
adapt to varying conditions, favoring its survival in the environment and in the infected host …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening
meningitis primarily in immunocompromised individuals. In order to survive and proliferate …

The origin of virulence in environmental fungi that have no requirement for animal hosts in
their life cycle is enigmatic. Cryptococcus neoformans is a human pathogenic fungus with …

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is a leading cause of mortality
among the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that causes almost half a million deaths
each year. It is believed that most humans are infected with C. neoformans, possibly in a …

The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is characterized by its ability to
induce a distinct polysaccharide capsule in response to a number of host-specific …

Upon Cryptococcus neoformans infection of the host lung, the fungus enters a nutrient poor
environment and must adapt to a variety of host-specific stress conditions (temperature …

Cryptococcus neoformans has become a common central nervous system pathogen as the
immunocompromised populations enlarge world-wide. This encapsulated yeast has …

ABSTRACT A library of more than 4,500 signature-tagged insertion mutants of the human
pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans was generated, and a subset was screened in …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen with worldwide distribution. Serological
studies of human populations show a high prevalence of human infection, which rarely …