Multispecies Outbreak of Nocardia Infections in Heart Transplant Recipients and Association with Climate Conditions, Australia
Jonathan Li, Cindy Lau, Naomi Anderson, Fay Burrows, Feras Mirdad, Lilibeth Carlos, Andrew J. Pitman, Kavitha Muthiah, David R. Darley, David Andresen, Peter Macdonald, Deborah Marriott
1, and Nila J. Dharan
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Author affiliations: St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia (J. Li, C. Lau, N. Anderson, F. Burrows, F. Mirdad, L. Carlos, K. Muthiah, D.R. Darley, D. Andresen, P. Macdonald, D. Marriott, N.J. Dharan); Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes and Climate Change Research Centre, at UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales(A.J. Pitman); Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst (K. Muthiah, P. Macdonald); UNSW Sydney, Sydney (D.R. Darley, N.J. Dharan); University of Notre Dame, Sydney (D. Andresen)
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Figure 3. Nocardia cases among heart and lung transplant recipients compared with precipitation and dryness in Greystanes, the central location for cases in Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, June 2015–March 2021. We defined dryness as the ratio of evaporation to potential evaporation, such that 0.0 is perfectly dry and 1.0 is perfectly wet.
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