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Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa infection in man, Japan, 2007.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2010
Okamoto Koh, Hatakeyama Shuji, Itoyama Satoru, Nukui Yoko, Yoshino Yusuke, Kitazawa Takatoshi, Yotsuyanagi Hiroshi, Ikeda Reiko, Sugita Takashi, Koike Kazuhiko
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We report a patient in Japan infected with Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa who had no recent history of travel to disease-endemic areas. This strain was identical to the Vancouver Island outbreak strain R265. Our results suggest that this virulent strain has spread to regions outside North Ame...
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