Blastomycosis Mortality Rates, United States, 1990–2010

Blastomycosis Mortality Rates, United States, 1990–2010

Blastomycosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection endemic to parts of North America. We used national multiple-cause-of-death data and census population estimates for 1990–2010 to calculate age-adjusted mortality rates and rate ratios (RRs). We modeled trends over time using Poisson regression....

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Main Authors: Diana Khuu, Shira Shafir, Benjamin Bristow, Frank J. Sorvillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
blastomycosis
endemic mycoses
mycosis
mortality
fungi
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/11/13-1175_article

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