Epitope location in the Cryptococcus neoformans capsule is a determinant of antibody efficacy.

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Published in J Exp Med on February 17, 1997

Authors

G Nussbaum1, W Cleare, A Casadevall, M D Scharff, P Valadon

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1: Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.

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