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Cryptococcus gattii in the United States: genotypic diversity of human and veterinary isolates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Lockhart Shawn R, Iqbal Naureen, Harris Julie R, Grossman Nina T, DeBess Emilio, Wohrle Ron, Marsden-Haug Nicola, Vugia Duc J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cryptococcusgattii infections are being reported in the United States (US) with increasing frequency. Initially, US reports were primarily associated with an ongoing C. gattii outbreak in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) states of Washington and Oregon, starting in 2004. However, reports of C. gattii infections in patients from other US states have been increasing since 2009. Whether this is due to...
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