In the past few years, fungal diseases caused estimated over 1.6 million deaths annually
and over one billion people suffer from severe fungal diseases (;). Public health surveillance …

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

Families and genera assigned to Tremellomycetes have been mainly circumscribed by
morphology and for the yeasts also by biochemical and physiological characteristics. This …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the two etiologic agents of
cryptococcosis. They belong to the phylum Basidiomycota and can be readily distinguished …

Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic invasive mycosis in
immunocompromised patients, but it is also increasingly seen in immunocompetent patients …

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

Among fungal pathogens, Cryptococcus neoformans has gained great importance among
the scientific community of several reasons. This fungus is the causative agent of …

Cryptococcosis has evolved into a major invasive fungal disease over the last century. Its
primary epidemiology has been focused on three major outbreaks of disease that reflects …

Cryptococcus neoformans is generally considered to be an opportunistic fungal pathogen
because of its tendency to infect immunocompromised individuals, particularly those …

In many aspects, the immune response against pathogens in insects is similar to the innate
immunity in mammals. This has caused a strong interest in the scientific community for the …