First Reported Case of Cryptococcus gattii in the Southeastern USA: Implications for Travel-Associated Acquisition of an Emerging Pathogen

• Edmond J. Byrnes III,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Wenjun Li,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Yonathan Lewit,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• John R. Perfect,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Dee A. Carter,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Gary M. Cox,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Joseph Heitman

  * E-mail: heitm001@duke.edu

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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