Cryptococcus gattii dispersal mechanisms, British Columbia, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-57

  Kidd, Sarah E ^a   Bach, Paxton J ^a   Hingston, Adrian O ^a   Mak, Sunny ^b   Chow, Yat ^a   MacDougall, Laura ^b   Kronstad, James W ^a   Bartlett, Karen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 33846035808     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060823     Document Type: Article

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