Phylogenetic analysis of 11 genetic loci and results from many genotyping studies revealed
significant genetic diversity with the pathogenic Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus …

Understanding of the taxonomy and phylogeny of Cryptococcus gattii has been advanced by
modern molecular techniques. C. gattii probably diverged from Cryptococcus neoformans …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a well-established model for species as diverse as humans and
pathogenic fungi, is more recently a model for population and quantitative genetics. S …

Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen of humans, causing pulmonary infections in
otherwise healthy hosts. To characterize genomic variation among the four major lineages of …

Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection of humans and other animals, typically caused
by the species Cryptococcus neoformans in patients with impaired immunity. However, there …

Cryptococcus gattii is an emerging intracellular pathogen and the cause of the largest
primary outbreak of a life-threatening fungal disease in a healthy population. Outbreak …

This review reexamines the results obtained in recent decades regarding the compatibility
polymorphism between the snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, and the pathogen, Schistosoma …

An outbreak of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii began in the Pacific Northwest
(PNW) in the late 1990s. This outbreak consists of three clonal subpopulations: VGIIa/major …

N osema ceranae is a microsporidian pathogen whose infections have been associated with
recent global declines in the populations of western honeybees (A pis mellifera). Despite the …

Ongoing Cryptococcus gattii outbreaks in the Western United States and Canada illustrate
the impact of environmental reservoirs and both clonal and recombining propagation in …