Histoplasmosis outbreak among day camp attendees - Nebraska, June 2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 747-748

  O'Keefe, Anne ^a   Frederick, Justin ^a   Harmon, Bonnie ^a   Safranek, Tom ^b   Buss, Bryan F ^c   Park, Benjamin J ^d,e   Yeoman, Kristin ^f  

^a Douglas County Dept of Health   (United States)

^b Nebraska Dept of Health and Human Svcs   (United States)

^c Office for Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response   (United States)

^d Waterborne   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; BAT; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FECES; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; NEBRASKA; RECREATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867262412     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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