We characterized 2 clusters of blastomycosis cases in Minnesota, USA, using whole-genome sequencing and single-nucleotide polymorphism analyses. Blastomyces gilchristii was confirmed as the cause of infection. Genomic analyses corresponded with epidemiologic findings for cases of B. gilchristii infections, demonstrating the utility of genomic methods for future blastomycosis outbreak investigations.

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美国明尼苏达州吉尔克里斯蒂芽生菌群的分子流行病学

我们使用全基因组测序和单核苷酸多态性分析对美国明尼苏达州的 2 组芽生菌病病例进行了表征。Blastomyces gilchristii被确认为感染的原因。基因组分析与B. gilchristii感染病例的流行病学发现一致，证明了基因组方法在未来芽生菌病暴发调查中的实用性。