Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest Region of the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1185-1191

  Datta, Kausik ^a   Bartlett, Karen H ^b   Baer, Rebecca ^c   Byrnes, Edmond ^d   Galanis, Eleni ^e   Heitman, Joseph ^d   Hoang, Linda ^e   Leslie, Mira J ^f   MacDougall, Laura ^e   Magill, Shelley S ^g   Morshed, Muhammad G ^e   Marr, Kieren A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^f ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCIDENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 68049107386     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1508.081384     Document Type: Review

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