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Cryptococcosis is a life threatening fungal infection caused by members of the Cryptococcus genus.   
Cryptococcosis is a life threatening fungal infection caused by members of the Cryptococcus genus.   


[[Image:marburgvirus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Colony of Marburg virusTransmission electron microscope image taken by Dr. Tom Geisbert]]
[[Image:Cryptococcosis_of_lung_in_patient_with_AIDS._Mucicarmine_stain_962_lores.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Cryptococcosis of the lung in a patient with AIDS.  
  The slide shows widened alveoli, with multiple yeasts of C. neoformans, stained red.  Image courtesy of CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptococcosis#/media/File:Cryptococcosis_of_lung_in_patient_with_AIDS._Mucicarmine_stain_962_lores.jpg]]


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Introduction

Cryptococcosis is a life threatening fungal infection caused by members of the Cryptococcus genus.

Cryptococcosis of the lung in a patient with AIDS. The slide shows widened alveoli, with multiple yeasts of C. neoformans, stained red. Image courtesy of CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptococcosis#/media/File:Cryptococcosis_of_lung_in_patient_with_AIDS._Mucicarmine_stain_962_lores.jpg


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Edited by Eli Neal, student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 116 Information in Living Systems, 2019, Kenyon College.