Volume 13, Number 1—January 2007
Research
Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal Mechanisms, British Columbia, Canada
Sarah E. Kidd*, Paxton J. Bach*, Adrian O. Hingston*, Sunny Mak†, Yat Chow*, Laura MacDougall†, James W. Kronstad*, and Karen H. Bartlett*
Table 1
Cryptococcus gattii positivity and concentration among water samples collected from different lake sites at a highly visited provincial park located within the NTS grid 092F/07*
| Sampling site | Total samples | Positive samples (%) | C. gattii GM concentration (CFU/100 mL)† | GSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat launch (lake) | 11 | 10 (91) | 11.6 | 10.6 |
| Picnic site (lake) | 9 | 6 (67) | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| Historic site (lake) | 10 | 7 (70) | 5.0 | 24.3 |
| Campground (creek) | 10 | 4 (40) | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Other sites, limited public access (lake) | 6 | 0 | – | – |
*NTS, National Topographic System of Canada; GM, geometric mean for positive samples; GSD, geometric standard deviation for positive samples.
†Limit of detection of method: 0.2 CFU/100 mL (1 CFU/500 mL).
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