Histoplasmosis outbreak in Morón, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina;Brote de histoplasmosis en la escuela de cadetes de la base aérea de Morón, Provincia de Buenos Aires, República Argentina

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 254-260

  Negroni, R ^a,c   Dure R ^b   Ortiz Nareto, A ^b   Arechavala, A I ^a   Maiolo, E I ^a   Santiso, G M ^a   Iovanitti, C ^c   Ibara Camou, B ^d   Canteros, C E ^d  

^a Unidad Micología   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis; Histoplasma capsulatum primary infection; Histoplasmosis outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HISTOPLASMIN;

AIR FORCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAMPAS; PIGEON; RAT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; SPLEEN; SUSPENSION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHIROPTERA; COLUMBIDAE; CRICETINAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEATHERS; FECES; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMIN; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651405015     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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