Molecular evidence that the range of the vancouver island outbreak of cryptococcus gattii infection has expanded into the pacific northwest in the united states

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1081-1086

  Byrnes, Edmond J ^a   Bildfell, Robert J ^d   Frank, Sheryl A ^a   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a   Marr, Kieren A ^c   Heitman, Joseph ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549147564     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597306     Document Type: Article

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