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Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016
Dispatch

Red Fox as Sentinel for Blastomyces dermatitidis, Ontario, Canada

Nicole M. NemethComments to Author , G. Douglas Campbell, Paul T. Oesterle, Lenny Shirose, Beverly McEwen, and Claire M. Jardine
Author affiliations: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, Guelph (N.M. Nemeth, G.D. Campbell, P.T. Oesterle, L. Shirose, C.M. Jardine); University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (N.M. Nemeth, P.T. Oesterle, B. McEwen, C.M. Jardine)

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Locations of wild and domestic canids infected with Blastomyces dermatitidis during 1996–2014, Ontario, Canada. Inset map shows the location of Ontario in Canada. Health regions within the province consist of grouped public health units as defined by the Ontario Ministry of Public Health and are named according to Morris et al. (2). Dark gray shading indicates lakes; the Great Lakes are shown in the lower part of the figure.

Figure. Locations of wild and domestic canids infected with Blastomyces dermatitidis during 1996–2014, Ontario, Canada. Inset map shows the location of Ontario in Canada. Health regions within the province consist of grouped public health units as defined by the Ontario Ministry of Public Health and are named according to Morris et al. (2). Dark gray shading indicates lakes; the Great Lakes are shown in the lower part of the figure.

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