Cryptococcosis. C. neoformans-yeast-like fungus, but is unique in that it produces a capsule (polysaccharide). Mycelial Fungi-opportunistic pathogens that do not convert from a filamentous form to another phase of growth (e.g., yeast phase) when pathogenesis occurs.
The two main languages of Haiti are Haitian Creole and French. All Haitians speak Haitian Creole, while only about 20 percent of the population speaks French. It was only in 1987 that the Constitution granted official status to Haitian Creole.
At the time of European encounter, the island of Hispaniola, of which Haiti occupies the western three-eighths, was one of many Caribbean islands inhabited by the TaÃ­no native americans, speakers of an Arawakan language called Taino, which has been preserved in the Haitian Creole language. The TaÃ­no name for the entire island was Haiti.