Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal Mechanisms, British Columbia, Canada

C. gattii may be spread through soil disturbances, wind, water, distribution of tree and soil byproducts, and human movement.

• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2007-01-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3201/eid1301.060823PMID 17370515PMCID 2725814
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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