Projecting global occurrence of Cryptococcus gattii

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-20

  Springer, Deborah J ^a   Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SEROTYPING; TREES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 73949123165     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1601.090369     Document Type: Article

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