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Ancient dispersal of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii from the Amazon rainforest.
Ferry Hagen, Paulo C Ceresini, Itzhack Polacheck, Hansong Ma, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Toni Gabaldón, Sarah Kagan, E Rhiannon Pursall, Hans L Hoogveld, Leo JJ van Iersel, Gunnar W Klau, Steven M Kelk, Leen Stougie, Karen H Bartlett, Kerstin Voelz, Leszek P Pryszcz, Elizabeth Castañeda, Marcia Lazera, Wieland Meyer, Dieter Deforce, Jacques F Meis, Robin C May, Corné HW Klaassen, Teun Boekhout
Oct 22, 2019
Over the past two decades, several fungal outbreaks have occurred, including the high-profile 'Vancouver Island' and 'Pacific Northwest' outbreaks, caused by Cryptococcus gattii, which has affected hundreds of otherwise healthy...
Animals Brazil British Columbia Cells Cultured Cryptococcosis Cryptococcus gattii Disease Outbreaks Genes Fungal Humans Likelihood Functions MACROPHAGES Mice Mice Inbred BALB C Molecular Sequence Data Multilocus Sequence Typing Mycological Typing Techniques Northwestern United States Phylogeny Polymorphism Restriction Fragment Length Trees Tropical Climate Virulence