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Nelson, R., Lodge, J. (2006). Cryptococcus neoformans Pathogenicity. In: Brown, A.J. (eds) Fungal Genomics. The Mycota, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30809-1_13

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