(A) Survival analysis. 10 A/J mice infected per genotype. **p < 10−4 (log-rank test).
(B) Lung burden analysis. 9 A/J mice infected per genotype. **p < 10−3, ***p < 10−4 (t test).
(C) Leukocyte recruitment. 4 C57Bl/6 mice infected with wild-type, 8 C57Bl/6 mice infected per qsp1Δ strain.
(D) Cytokine analysis. 10 C57Bl/6 mice infected per genotype. Error bars are SD.
(E and F) Phagocytic index of unopsonized (E) and opsonized (F) C. neoformans. >1,200 BMDMs quantified per genotype. Error bars are SD.
(G) Intracellular accumulation. CFUs from BMDM cell lysates, normalized to starting inoculum. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals constructed by bootstrapping. *p < 0.05 (bootstrap).