Abstract
Cryptococcus gattii is a recognized pathogenic fungus along the Pacific coast of the United States from California to Washington. Here we report that C. gattii may also be endemic to the southeastern United States and has probably been present there longer than in the Pacific Northwest.
MeSH terms
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Cryptococcosis / epidemiology*
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Cryptococcosis / microbiology*
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Cryptococcus gattii / classification
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Cryptococcus gattii / genetics*
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Genome, Fungal*
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Genotype
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Humans
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Multilocus Sequence Typing
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Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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Population Surveillance
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Southeastern United States / epidemiology
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Whole Genome Sequencing*