Understanding of the taxonomy and phylogeny of Cryptococcus gattii has been advanced by
modern molecular techniques. C. gattii probably diverged from Cryptococcus neoformans …

Few among the millions of fungal species fulfill four basic conditions necessary to infect
humans: high temperature tolerance, ability to invade the human host, lysis and absorption …

Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

The genus Pseudopithomyces was introduced by Ariyawansa et al.(2015) to accommodate
several species which had previously been classified in the genus Pithomyces, notably …

There is scientific consensus that the global climate is changing, with rising surface
temperatures, melting ice and snow, rising sea levels, and increasing climate variability …

Human activities have significantly impacted the environment and are changing our climate
in ways that will have major consequences for ourselves, and endanger animal, plant and …

Cryptococcus gattii causes life-threatening disease in otherwise healthy hosts and to a
lesser extent in immunocompromised hosts. The highest incidence for this disease is on …

Opportunistic pathogens have become of increasing medical importance over the last
decade due to the AIDS pandemic. Not only is cryptococcosis the fourth-most-common fatal …

Cryptococcus gattii, emergent on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (BC), Canada, in 1999,
was detected during 2003–2005 in 3 persons and 8 animals that did not travel to Vancouver …

Cryptococcus gattii has recently emerged as a primary pathogen of humans and wild and
domesticated animals in British Columbia, particularly on Vancouver Island. C. gattii …