Molecular Evidence That the Range of the Vancouver Island Outbreak of Cryptococcus gattii Infection...
Molecular Evidence That the Range of the Vancouver Island Outbreak of Cryptococcus gattii Infection Has Expanded into the Pacific Northwest in the United States
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Oxford: The University of Chicago Press
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Cryptococcus neoformans frequently causes fungal meningitis in immunocompromised patients, whereas the related species C. gattii is restricted to tropical and subtropical regions, where it usually infects immunocompetent individuals. An outbreak of C. gattii infection that began in 1999 on Vancouver Island has resulted in endemic C. gattii infectio...
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Molecular Evidence That the Range of the Vancouver Island Outbreak of Cryptococcus gattii Infection Has Expanded into the Pacific Northwest in the United States
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67116200
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67116200
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0022-1899
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1537-6613
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10.1086/597306
