Cryptococcus gattii virulence composite: Candidate genes revealed by microarray analysis of high and less virulent Vancouver Island outbreak strains

by Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Jennifer Price, Tania Sorrell, John R. Perfect, Wieland Meyer
Published 2018

Association between fertility and molecular sub-type of global isolates of Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGII

by Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Tania Sorrell, Ariya Chindamporn, Angkana Chaiprasert, Natthiwan Poonwan, Wieland Meyer
Published 2018

Molecular Epidemiology Reveals Genetic Diversity amongst Isolates of the Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii Species Complex in Thailand

by Sirada Kaocharoen, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Carolina Firacative, Luciana Trilles, Dumrongdej Piyabongkarn, Wijit Banlunara, Natteewan Poonwan, Angkana Chaiprasert, Wieland Meyer, Ariya Chindamporn
Published 2018

Genetic diversity of the Cryptococcus species complex suggests that Cryptococcus gattii deserves to have varieties

by Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Felix Gilgado, Josiane Faganello, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Ana Luisa Leal, Kin Ming Tsui, Thomas G. Mitchell, Marilene Henning Vainstein, Wieland Meyer
Published 2018

Pathogenesis of pulmonary Cryptococcus gattii infection: A rat model

by Mark B. Krockenberger, Richard Malik, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Luciana Trilles, Patricia Escandon, Susan Dowd, Chris Allen, Uwe Himmelreich, Paul J. Canfield, Tania C. Sorrell, Wieland Meyer
Published 2018

Molecular typing of global isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans by polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA - A pilot study to...

by Wieland Meyer, Krystyna Marszewska, Mitra Amirmostofian, Ricardo Pereira Igreja, Claudia Hardtke, Katharina Methling, Maria Anna Vivianl, Ariya Chindamporn, Samaniya Sukroongreung, Melanie Ann John, David H. Ellis, Tania C. Sorrell
Published 2018

The trehalose synthesis pathway is an integral part of the virulence composite for Cryptococcus gattii

by Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Uwe Himmelreich, Julia A. Breger, Christabel Wilson, Methee Chayakulkeeree, Mark B. Krockenberger, Richard Malik, Heide Marie Daniel, Dena Toffaletti, Julianne T. Djordjevic, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Wieland Meyer, John R. Perfect
Published 2018

SEC14 is a specific requirement for secretion of phospholipase B1 and pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans

by Methee Chayakulkeeree, Simon Andrew Johnston, Johanes Bijosono Oei, Sophie Lev, Peter Richard Williamson, Christabel Frewen Wilson, Xiaoming Zuo, Ana Lusia Leal, Marilene Henning Vainstein, Wieland Meyer, Tania Christine Sorrell, Robin Charles May, Julianne Teresa Djordjevic
Published 2018

Geographically Structured Populations of Cryptococcus neoformans Variety grubii in Asia Correlate with HIV Status and Show a Clonal Population Structure

by Kantarawee Khayhan, Ferry Hagen, Weihua Pan, Sitali Simwami, Matthew C. Fisher, Retno Wahyuningsih, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Anuradha Chowdhary, Reiko Ikeda, Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Ziauddin Khan, Margaret Ip, Darma Imran, Ridhawati Sjam, Pojana Sriburee, Wanqing Liao, Kunyaluk Chaicumpar, Varaporn Vuddhakul, Wieland Meyer, Luciana Trilles, Leo J.J. van Iersel, Jacques F. Meis, Corné H.W. Klaassen, Teun Boekhout
Published 2018

Geographically Structured Populations of Cryptococcus neoformans Variety grubii in Asia Correlate with HIV Status and Show a Clonal Population Structure

by Kantarawee Khayhan, Ferry Hagen, Weihua Pan, Sitali Simwami, Matthew C. Fisher, Retno Wahyuningsih, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Anuradha Chowdhary, Reiko Ikeda, Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Ziauddin Khan, Margaret Ip, Darma Imran, Ridhawati Sjam, Pojana Sriburee, Wanqing Liao, Kunyaluk Chaicumpar, Varaporn Vuddhakul, Wieland Meyer, Luciana Trilles, Leo J.J. van Iersel, Jacques F. Meis, Corné H.W. Klaassen, Teun Boekhout
Published 2018

Cryptococcus gattii in North American Pacific Northwest: Whole-population genome analysis provides insights into species evolution and dispersal

by David M. Engelthaler, Nathan D. Hicks, John D. Gillece, Chandler C. Roe, James M. Schupp, Elizabeth M. Driebe, Felix Gilgado, Fabian Carriconde, Luciana Trilles, Carolina Firacative, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Elizabeth Castañeda, Marcia Dos Santos Lazera, Marcia S.C. Melhem, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Gavin Huttley, Tania C. Sorrell, Kerstin Voelz, Robin C. May, Matthew C. Fisher, George R. Thompson, Shawn R. Lockhart, Paul Keim, Wieland Meyer
Published 2018

The case for adopting the "species complex" nomenclature for the etiologic agents of cryptococcosis

by Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, John E. Bennett, Brian L. Wickes, Wieland Meyer, Christina A. Cuomo, Kurt R. Wollenburg, Tihana A. Bicanic, Elizabeth Castañeda, Yun C. Chang, Jianghan Chen, Massimo Cogliati, Françoise Dromer, David Ellis, Scott G. Filler, Matthew C. Fisher, Thomas S. Harrison, Steven M. Holland, Shigeru Kohno, James W. Kronstad, Marcia Lazera, Stuart M. Levitz, Michail S. Lionakis, Robin C. May, Popchai Ngamskulrongroj, Peter G. Pappas, John R. Perfect, Volker Rickerts, Tania C. Sorrell, Thomas J. Walsh, Peter R. Williamson, Jianping Xu, Adrian M. Zelazny, Arturo Casadevall
Published 2018