Temperate Climate Niche for Cryptococcus gattii in Northern Europe
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Jean-François Faucher, Cristina Socolovschi, Camille Aubry, Catherine Chirouze, Laurent Hustache-Mathieu, Didier Raoult, and Bruno Hoen Author affi liations: Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France (J.-F. Faucher, C. Chirouze, L. Hustache-Mathieu, B. Hoen); Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France (C. Socolovschi, C. Aubry, D. Raoult); and World Health Organization Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Diseases and Other Arthropodborne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille (C. Socolovschi, C. Aubry, D. Raoult)
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