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New life sciences findings from Duke University described
April 21st, 2009
"Cryptococcus neoformans frequently causes fungal meningitis in immunocompromised patients, whereas the related species C. gattii is restricted to tropical and subtropical regions, where it usually infects immunocompetent individuals. An outbreak of C. gattii infection that began in 1999 on Vancouver Island has resulted in endemic C. gattii infection and caused numerous human and veterinary infections; the outbreak's range has spread to main land British Columbia," investigators in the United States report. "The outbreak-related isolates have been molecular type VGIIa, the major genotype, or VGIIb, the minor genotype. Since 2006, human and veterinary cases of C. gattii...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-21)
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