Table 4.

Cell body diameters and capsule thicknesses of C. neoformans H99 and C. gattii R265 in mucicarmine-stained lung tissue sections 7 or 14 days after infection of CD4C/HIVMutA Tg or non-Tg mice

Measurement and strain	Value after infectiona
	Tg mice		Non-Tg mice
	7 days	14 days	7 days	14 days
Cell body diameter (μm)
C. neoformans H99	11.8 ± 4.2b	11.4 ± 4.5b	12.4 ± 3.6b	15.4 ± 3.5b,c,d
C. gattii R265	10.3 ± 2.8	9.8 ± 2.7	9.5 ± 2.9	12.0 ± 2.8c,d
Capsule thickness (μm)
C. neoformans H99	5.0 ± 1.9b	5.6 ± 2.5b	6.3 ± 1.8b	8.2 ± 2.0b,c,d
C. gattii R265	4.9 ± 1.4	4.7 ± 2.3	3.5 ± 1.3	6.2 ± 2.0c,d

^aData are means ± standard deviations for 100 randomly selected cells.

^bP < 0.001 compared to C. gattii R265.

^cP < 0.001 compared to non-Tg mice at day 7.

^dP < 0.001 compared to Tg mice at day 14.