Characterization of environmental sources of the human and animal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest of the United States

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1433-1443

  Kidd, Sarah E ^a,c   Chow, Yat ^a   Mak, Sunny ^b   Bach, Paxton J ^a   Chen, Huiming ^a   Hingston, Adrian O ^a   Kronstad, James W ^c   Bartlett, Karen H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; NEUROLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES;

COLONIZATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIONS;

PATHOGENS;

FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA WATER;

COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NICHE; PATHOGENICITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SYMPATRY;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRID; INCIDENCE; LUNG INFECTION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SEAWATER; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 33947208882     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01330-06     Document Type: Article

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