Epidemiology of Cryptococcus gattii, British Columbia, Canada, 1999-2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-257

  Galanis, Eleni ^a,b   MacDougall, Laura ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 76149103893     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.090900     Document Type: Article

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