A large community outbreak of blastomycosis in Wisconsin with geographic and ethnic clustering

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 655-662

  Roy, Monika ^a   Benedict, Kaitlin ^a   Deak, Eszter ^a   Kirby, Miles A ^b   Mcniel, Jena T ^c   Sickler, Carrie J ^d   Eckardt, Eileen ^d   Marx, Ruth K ^d   Heffernan, Richard T ^b   Meece, Jennifer K ^e   Klein, Bruce S ^f   Archer, John R ^c   Theurer, Joan ^d   Davis, Jeffrey P ^c   Park, Benjamin J ^a  

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

^b Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health   (United States)

^c Bureau of Communicable Diseases and Emergency Response Wisconsin Division of Public Health   (United States)

^d Marathon County Health Department   (United States)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

blastomycosis; Hmong; outbreak; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BONE DISEASE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GARDENING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

BLASTOMYCOSIS; HMONG; OUTBREAK; WISCONSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881466501     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit366     Document Type: Article

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