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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hagen F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3737135 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20130807 8
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 humans and animals. Over the same time period, C. gattii was the cause of several additional case clusters at localities outside of the tropical and subtropical climate zones where the species normally occurs. In every case, the causative agent belongs to a previously rar ...[more]