Outbreak of histoplasmosis among employees in a paper factory - Michigan, 1993

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1220-1223

  Stobierski, Mary Grace ^a   James Hospedales, C ^a,b,e   Hall, William N ^a   Robinson Dunn, Barbara ^a   Hoch, Douglas ^c   Sheill, Donald A ^d  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c Muskegon Community College   (United States)

^d Hackley Occupational Health Clinic   (United States)

^e Carribean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CASE REPORT; EMPLOYEE; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

EID: 9244262431     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1220-1223.1996     Document Type: Article

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