Emergence and Pathogenicity of Highly Virulent Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Northwest United States

Cryptococcus gattii causes life-threatening disease in otherwise healthy hosts and to a lesser extent in immunocompromised hosts. The highest incidence for this disease is on Vancouver Island, Canada, where an outbreak is expanding into neighboring regions including mainland British Columbia and the...

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Main Authors: Byrnes, Edmond J., Li, Wenjun, Lewit, Yonathan, Ma, Hansong, Voelz, Kerstin, Ren, Ping, Carter, Dee A., Chaturvedi, Vishnu, Bildfell, Robert J., May, Robin C., Heitman, Joseph
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2858702/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20421942
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000850
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