Two outbreaks of occupationally acquired histoplasmosis: More than workers at risk

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 585-589

  Huhn, Gregory D ^a,b,h   Austin, Connie ^c   Carr, Mark ^c   Heyer, Diana ^d   Boudreau, Pam ^e   Gilbert, Glynnis ^f   Eimen, Terry ^f   Lindsley, Mark D ^a   Cali, Salvatore ^g   Conover, Craig S ^b   Dworkin, Mark S ^b  

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

^b Division of Infectious Disease   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Macon County Health Department   (United States)

^e Division of Chronic and Communicable Disease   (United States)

^f Ford Iroquois Public Health Department   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen; Bat guano; Bridge; Dust; Histoplasmosis; Landfill; Occupationally acquired; Spores; Workers

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFECTION RISK; LANDFILL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SOIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUST; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK FACTORS; SOIL;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; AVES; FUNGI;

EID: 21044453003     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7484     Document Type: Article

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