Unexpectedly high rate of multiple strains in fungal infection

New research shows that nearly 1 in 5 cases of infection with the potentially deadly fungus Cryptococcus neoformans are caused by not one but multiple strains of the pathogen. Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the University of Minnesota Medical School report their findings today in the inaugural issue of mBio, the first online, open-access journal published by the American Society for Microbiology.

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