Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002
We investigated a cluster of blastomycosis in 8 humans and 4 dogs in a rural North Carolina community. Delayed diagnosis, difficulty isolating Blastomyces dermatitidis in nature, and lack of a sensitive and specific test to assess exposure make outbreaks of this disease difficult to study.
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| author | Pia D.M. MacDonald Rick L. Langley Susan R. Gerkin Michelle R. Torok J. Newton MacCormack |
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| description | We investigated a cluster of blastomycosis in 8 humans and 4 dogs in a rural North Carolina community. Delayed diagnosis, difficulty isolating Blastomyces dermatitidis in nature, and lack of a sensitive and specific test to assess exposure make outbreaks of this disease difficult to study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1091d297cf184709b75890f2ae1452a42022-12-21T18:40:35ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592006-08-011281242124410.3201/eid1208.050781Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002Pia D.M. MacDonaldRick L. LangleySusan R. GerkinMichelle R. TorokJ. Newton MacCormackWe investigated a cluster of blastomycosis in 8 humans and 4 dogs in a rural North Carolina community. Delayed diagnosis, difficulty isolating Blastomyces dermatitidis in nature, and lack of a sensitive and specific test to assess exposure make outbreaks of this disease difficult to study.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/8/05-0781_articleBlastomycosisBlastomyces dermatitidishumanscanine diseasesdisease outbreakslung disease |
| spellingShingle | Pia D.M. MacDonald Rick L. Langley Susan R. Gerkin Michelle R. Torok J. Newton MacCormack Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 Emerging Infectious Diseases Blastomycosis Blastomyces dermatitidis humans canine diseases disease outbreaks lung disease |
| title | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
| title_full | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
| title_fullStr | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
| title_short | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
| title_sort | human and canine pulmonary blastomycosis north carolina 2001 2002 |
| topic | Blastomycosis Blastomyces dermatitidis humans canine diseases disease outbreaks lung disease |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/8/05-0781_article |
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