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Detection of Cryptococcus gattii in selected urban parks of the Willamette Valley, Oregon.
Mycopathologia - 1 Apr 2013
Mortenson Jack A, Bartlett Karen H, Wilson Randy W, Lockhart Shawn R
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Human and animal infections of the fungus Cryptococcus gattii have been recognized in Oregon since 2006. Transmission is primarily via airborne environmental spores and now thought to be locally acquired due to infection in non-migratory animals and humans with no travel history. Previous published efforts to detect C. gattii from tree swabs and soil samples in Oregon have been unsuccessful. This study was...
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