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Whole-Genome Analysis of Cryptococcus gattii, Southeastern United States
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    Firacative, Carolina; Roe, Chandler C.; Malik, Richard; Ferreira-Paim, Kennio; Escandón, Patricia; Sykes, Jane E.; Castañón-Olivares, Laura Rocío; Contreras-Peres, Cudberto; Samayoa, Blanca; Sorrell, Tania C.; Castañeda, Elizabeth; Lockhart, Shawn R.; Engelthaler, David M.; Meyer, Wieland;
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    PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 10(8).
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    The emerging pathogen Cryptococcus gattii causes life-threatening disease in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. Of the four major molecular types (VGI-VGIV), the molecular type VGIII has recently emerged as cause of disease in otherwise hea...
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  2. Cryptococcus gattii in North American Pacific Northwest: Whole-Population Genome Analysis Provides Insights into Species Evolution and Dispersal
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    Engelthaler, David M.; Hicks, Nathan D.; Gillece, John D.; Roe, Chandler C.; Schupp, James M.; Driebe, Elizabeth M.; Gilgado, Felix; Carriconde, Fabian; Trilles, Luciana; Firacative, Carolina; Ngamskulrungroj, Popchai; Castañeda, Elizabeth; Lazera, Marcia dos Santos; Melhem, Marcia S. C.; Pérez-Bercoff, Åsa; Huttley, Gavin; Sorrell, Tania C.; Voelz, Kerstin; May, Robin C.; Fisher, Matthew C.; Thompson, George R.; Lockhart, Shawn R.; Keim, Paul; Meyer, Wieland;
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    Jul 15 2014
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    mBio. 2014; 5(4).
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    The emergence of distinct populations of Cryptococcus gattii in the temperate North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) was surprising, as this species was previously thought to be confined to tropical and semitropical regions. Beyond a new habitat nich...
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  3. Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest Region of the United States
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    Datta, Kausik; Bartlett, Karen H.; Baer, Rebecca; Byrnes, Edmond; Galanis, Eleni; Heitman, Joseph; Hoang, Linda; Leslie, Mira J.; MacDougall, Laura; Magill, Shelley S.; Morshed, Muhammad G.; Marr, Kieren A.;
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    Aug 2009
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    Emerg Infect Dis. 15(8):1185-1191.
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    Cryptococcus gattii has emerged as a human and animal pathogen in the Pacific Northwest. First recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, it now involves mainland British Columbia, and Washington and Oregon in the United States. In Can...
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  4. Recognition and Diagnosis of Cryptococcus gattii Infections in the United States
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    Iverson, Sally Ann; Chiller, Tom; Beekmann, Susan; Polgreen, Philip M.; Harris, Julie;
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    Emerg Infect Dis. 18(6):1012-1015.
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  5. Biology of Cryptococcus gattii
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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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    2/10/16
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    Cryptococcus gattii lives in the environment (1), usually in association with certain trees or soil around trees. Humans and animals can become infected with C. gattii after inhaling airborne, dehydrated yeast cells or spores (2), which travel throug...
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