Blastomycosis in Missouri: Epidemiology and risk factors for endemic disease

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 907-914

  Cano, M V ^a   Ponce De Leon, G F ^a,c   Tippen, S ^b   Lindsley, M D ^a   Warwick, M ^b,d   Hajjeh, R A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0142149042     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008987     Document Type: Article

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