Projecting global occurrence of Cryptococcus gattii.

Cryptococcus gattii and C. neoformans cause pulmonary and systemic cryptococcosis. Recently, C. gattii was recognized as a distinct pathogen of humans and animals. We analyzed information from 400 publications (1948-2008) to examine whether the fungus occurs globally. Known distribution of C. gattii...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 14 - 21
Main Authors: Springer DJ, Chaturvedi V, Springer, Deborah J, Chaturvedi, Vishnu
Format: Journal Article
Published: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Jan2010
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