Cryptococcus gattii VGIII isolates causing infections in HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California: identification of the local environmental source as arboreal.

Ongoing Cryptococcus gattii outbreaks in the Western United States and Canada illustrate the impact of environmental reservoirs and both clonal and recombining propagation in driving emergence and expansion of microbial pathogens. C. gattii comprises four distinct molecular types: VGI, VGII, VGIII,...

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Main Authors: Deborah J Springer, R Blake Billmyre, Elan E Filler, Kerstin Voelz, Rhiannon Pursall, Piotr A Mieczkowski, Robert A Larsen, Fred S Dietrich, Robin C May, Scott G Filler, Joseph Heitman
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/06c682fdb6884815a6ded3cfc7358401
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