Spread of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada, and Detection in the Pacific Northwest, USA
Laura MacDougall*

, Sarah E. Kidd†, Eleni Galanis*, Sunny Mak*, Mira J. Leslie‡, Paul R. Cieslak§, James W. Kronstad†, Muhammad G. Morshed*, and Karen H. Bartlett†
Author affiliations: *British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; †University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; ‡Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA; §Oregon State Public Health, Portland, Oregon, USA;
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Table 2
Detected concentration of Cryptococcus gattii in positive soil and air samples from British Columbia and Washington*
Concentration of
C. gattii | Vancouver Island | BC mainland | Disease-endemic Gulf Island | Other Gulf Islands | Washington, USA |
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In soil (CFU/g) |
N | 143 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
Geometric mean | 193.7 | – | 632 | 33.9 | 70.8 |
Geometric SD | 6.5 | – | 14.2 | 1.5 | – |
Range | 10–36,350 | – | 24–192,952 | 24.8–45.5 | – |
In air (CFU/m3) for comparable months of the year |
N | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geometric mean | 43.3 | 10.8 | – | – | – |
Geometric SD | 4.6 | 2.7 | – | – | – |
Range | 2–875 | 5–38 | – | – | – |
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