Ecologic Niche Modeling of Blastomyces dermatitidis in Wisconsin
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Ecologic Niche Modeling of Blastomyces dermatitidis in Wisconsin
BACKGROUND Blastomycosis is a potentially fatal mycosis that is acquired by inhaling infectious spores of Blastomyces dermatitidis present in the environment. The ecology of this pathogen is poorly understood, in part because it has been extremely difficult to identify the niche(s) it occupies based on culture isolation of the organism from environmental samples. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002034