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Exome Sequencing of a Blastomycosis Case-Control Cohort From Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
Mycoses - 1 Sept 2024
Jankowski Paul, Lee Emma R, Embil John, Keynan Yoav, McLaren Paul J
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BACKGROUND: Blastomycosis is a pulmonary disease caused by Blastomyces spp., a group of pathogenic dimorphic fungi endemic to a number of geographic regions, specifically Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, Canada. Immunosuppression is a major risk factor affecting disease susceptibility, yet host immunity is not well understood. Genetic immunodeficiencies can also influence disease, with variants in IL6, GATA2...
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