Molecular Evidence That the Range of the Vancouver Island Outbreak ofCryptococcus gattiiInfection Has Expanded into the Pacific Northwest in the United States
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- 1 April 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 199 (7) , 1081-1086
- https://doi.org/10.1086/597306
Abstract
Cryptococcus neoformans frequently causes fungal meningitis in immunocompromised patients, whereas the related species C. gattii is restricted to troKeywords
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