Histoplasmosis outbreak associated with the renovation of an old house - Quebec, Canada, 2013

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 51-52, 2013, Pages 1041-1044

  Allard, André ^a   Décarie, Denise ^a   Grenier, Jean Luc ^a   Lacombe, Marie Claude ^a   Levac, Francine ^a  

^a Laurentian Regional Dept of Public Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANADA; DUST; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUST; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891723823     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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