Tourism and Specific Risk Areas for Cryptococcus gattii, Vancouver Island, Canada

We compared travel histories of case-patients with Cryptococcus gattii infection during 1999–2006 to travel destinations of the general public on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Findings validated and refined estimates of risk on the basis of place of residence and showed no spatial prog...

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Autores principales: Chambers, Catharine, MacDougall, Laura, Li, Min, Galanis, Eleni
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18976570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.080532
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Sumario:We compared travel histories of case-patients with Cryptococcus gattii infection during 1999–2006 to travel destinations of the general public on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Findings validated and refined estimates of risk on the basis of place of residence and showed no spatial progression of risk areas on this island over time.

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