Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007

We report a patient in Japan infected with Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa who had no recent history of travel to disease-endemic areas. This strain was identical to the Vancouver Island outbreak strain R265. Our results suggest that this virulent strain has spread to regions outside North Americ...

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Autores principales: Okamoto, Koh, Hatakeyama, Shuji, Itoyama, Satoru, Nukui, Yoko, Yoshino, Yusuke, Kitazawa, Takatoshi, Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi, Ikeda, Reiko, Sugita, Takashi, Koike, Kazuhiko
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587194
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.100106
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author Okamoto, Koh
Hatakeyama, Shuji
Itoyama, Satoru
Nukui, Yoko
Yoshino, Yusuke
Kitazawa, Takatoshi
Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi
Ikeda, Reiko
Sugita, Takashi
Koike, Kazuhiko
author_facet Okamoto, Koh
Hatakeyama, Shuji
Itoyama, Satoru
Nukui, Yoko
Yoshino, Yusuke
Kitazawa, Takatoshi
Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi
Ikeda, Reiko
Sugita, Takashi
Koike, Kazuhiko
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description We report a patient in Japan infected with Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa who had no recent history of travel to disease-endemic areas. This strain was identical to the Vancouver Island outbreak strain R265. Our results suggest that this virulent strain has spread to regions outside North America.
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spelling pubmed-33219162012-04-24 Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007 Okamoto, Koh Hatakeyama, Shuji Itoyama, Satoru Nukui, Yoko Yoshino, Yusuke Kitazawa, Takatoshi Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi Ikeda, Reiko Sugita, Takashi Koike, Kazuhiko Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a patient in Japan infected with Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa who had no recent history of travel to disease-endemic areas. This strain was identical to the Vancouver Island outbreak strain R265. Our results suggest that this virulent strain has spread to regions outside North America. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3321916/ /pubmed/20587194 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.100106 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Okamoto, Koh
Hatakeyama, Shuji
Itoyama, Satoru
Nukui, Yoko
Yoshino, Yusuke
Kitazawa, Takatoshi
Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi
Ikeda, Reiko
Sugita, Takashi
Koike, Kazuhiko
Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007
title Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007
title_full Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007
title_fullStr Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007
title_full_unstemmed Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007
title_short Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007
title_sort cryptococcus gattii genotype vgiia infection in man, japan, 2007
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587194
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.100106
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