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Emergence and pathogenicity of highly virulent Cryptococcus gattii genotypes in the northwest United States by Byrnes, 3rd, Edmond J, Li, Wenjun, Lewit, Yonathan, Ma, Hansong, Voelz, Kerstin, Ren, Ping, Carter, Dee A, Chaturvedi, Vishnu, Bildfell, Robert J, May, Robin C, Heitman, Joseph

“…Cryptococcus gattii causes life-threatening disease in otherwise healthy hosts and to a lesser extent in immunocompromised hosts. The highest incidence for…”
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A diverse population of Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGIII in southern Californian HIV/AIDS patients by Byrnes, 3rd, Edmond J, Li, Wenjun, Ren, Ping, Lewit, Yonathan, Voelz, Kerstin, Fraser, James A, Dietrich, Fred S, May, Robin C, Chaturvedi, Sudha, Chatuverdi, Sudha, Chaturvedi, Vishnu, Chatuverdi, Vishnu, Heitman, Joseph

“…Cryptococcus gattii infections in southern California have been reported in patients with HIV/AIDS. In this study, we examined the molecular epidemiology,…”
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Cryptococcus gattii: an emerging fungal pathogen infecting humans and animals by Byrnes, Edmond J., Bartlett, Karen H., Perfect, John R., Heitman, Joseph

“…Infectious fungi are among a broad group of microbial pathogens that has and continues to emerge concomitantly due to the global AIDS pandemic as well as an…”
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Molecular Evidence That the Range of the Vancouver Island Outbreak of Cryptococcus gattii Infection Has Expanded into the Pacific Northwest in the United States by Byrnes III, Edmond J., Bildfell, Robert J., Frank, Sheryl A., Mitchell, Thomas G., Marr, Kieren A., Heitman, Joseph

“…Cryptococcus neoformans frequently causes fungal meningitis in immunocompromised patients, whereas the related species C. gattii is restricted to tropical and…”
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Microsporidia Evolved from Ancestral Sexual Fungi by Lee, Soo Chan, Corradi, Nicolas, Byrnes, Edmond J., Torres-Martinez, Santiago, Dietrich, Fred S., Keeling, Patrick J., Heitman, Joseph

“…Microsporidia are obligate, intracellular eukaryotic pathogens that infect animal cells, including humans [1]. Previous studies suggested microsporidia share a…”
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First reported case of Cryptococcus gattii in the Southeastern USA: implications for travel-associated acquisition of an emerging pathogen by Byrnes, 3rd, Edmond J, Li, Wenjun, Lewit, Yonathan, Perfect, John R, Carter, Dee A, Cox, Gary M, Heitman, Joseph

“…In 2007, the first confirmed case of Cryptococcus gattii was reported in the state of North Carolina, USA. An otherwise healthy HIV negative male patient…”
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Transmission of Hypervirulence traits via sexual reproduction within and between lineages of the human fungal pathogen cryptococcus gattii by Voelz, Kerstin, Ma, Hansong, Phadke, Sujal, Byrnes, Edmond J, Zhu, Pinkuan, Mueller, Olaf, Farrer, Rhys A, Henk, Daniel A, Lewit, Yonathan, Hsueh, Yen-Ping, Fisher, Matthew C, Idnurm, Alexander, Heitman, Joseph, May, Robin C

“…Since 1999 a lineage of the pathogen Cryptococcus gattii has been infecting humans and other animals in Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the USA. It is now…”
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Development of an aerosol model of Cryptococcus reveals humidity as an important factor affecting the viability of Cryptococcus during aerosolization by Springer, Deborah J, Saini, Divey, Byrnes, Edmond J, Heitman, Joseph, Frothingham, Richard

“…Cryptococcus is an emerging global health threat that is annually responsible for over 1,000,000 infections and one third of all AIDS patient deaths. There is…”
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The Outbreak of Cryptococcus gattii in Western North America: Epidemiology and Clinical Issues by Byrnes, Edmond J., Marr, Kieren A.

“…Over the previous decade, we observed the emergence of the fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus gattii, as a cause of disease in humans and animals in a temperate…”
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CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII GENOTYPE VGI INFECTION IN NEW ENGLAND by MCCULLOH, Russell J, PHILLIPS, Raina, PERFECT, John R, BYRNES, Edmond J, HEITMAN, Joseph, DUFORT, Elizabeth

“…Cryptococcus gattii is a known, emerging infectious disease pathogen predominantly in the Pacific Northwest, the United States, and British Columbia, Canada…”
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Cryptococcus gattii with bimorphic colony types in a dog in western Oregon: additional evidence for expansion of the Vancouver Island outbreak by Byrnes, Edmond J. III, Bildfell, Robert J, Dearing, Peggy L, Valentine, Beth A, Heitman, Joseph

“…Cryptococcus gattii was isolated from a 1.5-year-old dog with systemic cryptococcosis in Oregon. The dog had no link to Vancouver Island or British Columbia,…”
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A unique chromosomal rearrangement in the Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii type strain enhances key phenotypes associated with virulence by Morrow, Carl A, Lee, I Russel, Chow, Eve W L, Ormerod, Kate L, Goldinger, Anita, Byrnes, 3rd, Edmond J, Nielsen, Kirsten, Heitman, Joseph, Schirra, Horst Joachim, Fraser, James A

“…The accumulation of genomic structural variation between closely related populations over time can lead to reproductive isolation and speciation. The fungal…”
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Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation by Janbon, Guilhem, Ormerod, Kate L, Paulet, Damien, Byrnes, 3rd, Edmond J, Yadav, Vikas, Chatterjee, Gautam, Mullapudi, Nandita, Hon, Chung-Chau, Billmyre, R Blake, Brunel, François, Bahn, Yong-Sun, Chen, Weidong, Chen, Yuan, Chow, Eve W L, Coppée, Jean-Yves, Floyd-Averette, Anna, Gaillardin, Claude, Gerik, Kimberly J, Goldberg, Jonathan, Gonzalez-Hilarion, Sara, Gujja, Sharvari, Hamlin, Joyce L, Hsueh, Yen-Ping, Ianiri, Giuseppe, Jones, Steven, Kodira, Chinnappa D, Kozubowski, Lukasz, Lam, Woei, Marra, Marco, Mesner, Larry D, Mieczkowski, Piotr A, Moyrand, Frédérique, Nielsen, Kirsten, Proux, Caroline, Rossignol, Tristan, Schein, Jacqueline E, Sun, Sheng, Wollschlaeger, Carolin, Wood, Ian A, Zeng, Qiandong, Neuvéglise, Cécile, Newlon, Carol S, Perfect, John R, Lodge, Jennifer K, Idnurm, Alexander, Stajich, Jason E, Kronstad, James W, Sanyal, Kaustuv, Heitman, Joseph, Fraser, James A, Cuomo, Christina A, Dietrich, Fred S

“…Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic basidiomycetous yeast responsible for more than 600,000 deaths each year. It occurs as two serotypes (A and D)…”
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Analysis of the Genome and Transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Reveals Complex RNA Expression and Microevolution Leading to Virulence Attenuation: e1004261 by Janbon, Guilhem, Ormerod, Kate L, Paulet, Damien, Byrnes III, Edmond J, Yadav, Vikas, Chatterjee, Gautam, Mullapudi, Nandita, Hon, Chung-Chau, Billmyre, R Blake, Brunel, François, Bahn, Yong-Sun, Chen, Weidong, Chen, Yuan, Chow, Eve WL, Coppée, Jean-Yves, Floyd-Averette, Anna, Gaillardin, Claude, Gerik, Kimberly J, Goldberg, Jonathan, Gonzalez-Hilarion, Sara, Gujja, Sharvari, Hamlin, Joyce L, Hsueh, Yen-Ping, Ianiri, Giuseppe, Jones, Steven, Kodira, Chinnappa D, Kozubowski, Lukasz, Lam, Woei, Marra, Marco, Mesner, Larry D, Mieczkowski, Piotr A, Moyrand, Frédérique, Nielsen, Kirsten, Proux, Caroline, Rossignol, Tristan, Schein, Jacqueline E, Sun, Sheng, Wollschlaeger, Carolin, Wood, Ian A, Zeng, Qiandong, Neuvéglise, Cécile, Newlon, Carol S, Perfect, John R, Lodge, Jennifer K, Idnurm, Alexander, Stajich, Jason E, Kronstad, James W, Sanyal, Kaustuv, Heitman, Joseph, Fraser, James A, Cuomo, Christina A, Dietrich, Fred S

“…Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic basidiomycetous yeast responsible for more than 600,000 deaths each year. It occurs as two serotypes (A and D)…”
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Examination of the Molecular Epidemiology, Expansion, Population Structure, and Virulence of the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii in the United States by Byrnes, Edmond J

“…Cryptococcus gattii has been actively emerging and adapting to the climates and environment in western North America, bringing with it life-threatening disease…”
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Transmission of Hypervirulence Traits via Sexual Reproduction within and between Lineages of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii: e1003771 by Voelz, Kerstin, Ma, Hansong, Phadke, Sujal, Byrnes, Edmond J, Zhu, Pinkuan, Mueller, Olaf, Farrer, Rhys A, Henk, Daniel A, Lewit, Yonathan, Hsueh, Yen-Ping, Fisher, Matthew C, Idnurm, Alexander, Heitman, Joseph, May, Robin C

“…Since 1999 a lineage of the pathogen Cryptococcus gattii has been infecting humans and other animals in Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the USA. It is now…”
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Correction: A Diverse Population of Cryptococcus gattii Molecular Type VGIII in Southern Californian HIV/AIDS Patients by Byrnes, Edmond J., Li, Wenjun, Ren, Ping, Lewit, Yonathan, Voelz, Kerstin, Fraser, James A., Dietrich, Fred S., May, Robin C., Chaturvedi, Sudha, Chaturvedi, Vishnu, Heitman, Joseph

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Correction: A Diverse Population of Molecular Type VGIII in Southern Californian HIV/AIDS Patients by Edmond J. Byrnes, Wenjun Li, Ping Ren, Yonathan Lewit, Kerstin Voelz, James A. Fraser, Fred S. Dietrich, Robin C. May, Sudha Chaturvedi, Vishnu Chaturvedi, Joseph Heitman

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Molecular Evidence that the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii Outbreak has Expanded into the United States Pacific Northwest by Byrnes, Edmond J., Bildfell, Robert, Frank, Sheryl A., Mitchell, Thomas G., Marr, Kieren, Heitman, Joseph

“…Cryptococcus neoformans frequently causes fungal meningitis in immunocompromised patients, whereas the related species Cryptococcus gattii is restricted to…”
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A Unique Chromosomal Rearrangement in the Cryptococcus neoformans var. italic toggle="yes">grubii /italic> Type Strain Enhances Key Phenotypes Associated with Virulence by Carl A. Morrow, I. Russel Lee, Eve W. L. Chow, Kate L. Ormerod, Anita Goldinger, Edmond J. Byrnes, Kirsten Nielsen, Joseph Heitman, Horst Joachim Schirra, James A. Fraser

“…ABSTRACT The accumulation of genomic structural variation between closely related populations over time can lead to reproductive isolation and speciation. The…”
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