Spread of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada, and detection in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-50

  MacDougall, Laura ^a   Kidd, Sarah E ^b   Galanis, Eleni ^a   Mak, Sunny ^a   Leslie, Mira J ^c   Cieslak, Paul R ^d   Kronstad, James W ^b   Morshed, Muhammad G ^a   Bartlett, Karen H ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Oregon State Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846084770     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060827     Document Type: Article

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