| Literature DB >> 25165087 |
Anastasia P Litvintseva1, Nicola Marsden-Haug2, Steven Hurst1, Heather Hill3, Lalitha Gade1, Elizabeth M Driebe4, Cindy Ralston3, Chandler Roe4, Bridget M Barker4, Marcia Goldoft2, Paul Keim4, Ron Wohrle2, George R Thompson5, David M Engelthaler4, Mary E Brandt1, Tom Chiller1.
Abstract
We used real-time polymerase chain reaction and culture to demonstrate persistent colonization of soils by Coccidioides immitis, an agent of valley fever, in Washington State linked to recent human infections and located outside the endemic range. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed genetic identity between isolates from soil and one of the case-patients. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.Entities:
Keywords: Coccidioides; WGS typing; soil detection; valley fever
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25165087 PMCID: PMC4296125 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu681
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079