THE WALWORTH, WISCONSIN, EPIDEMIC OF HISTOPLASMOSIS

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Article1 August 1958THE WALWORTH, WISCONSIN, EPIDEMIC OF HISTOPLASMOSISKENNETH R. WILCOX JR., M.D., BURTON A. WAISBREN, M.S., M.D., JOHN MARTIN, M.D.KENNETH R. WILCOX JR., M.D., BURTON A. WAISBREN, M.S., M.D., JOHN MARTIN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-2-388 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONOutbreaks of acute histoplasmosis are being recognized with increasing frequency. A recent article by Lehan and Furcolow1 summarizes reports of 38 epidemics in this country and three from foreign countries. Much useful information has been gained concerning the sources of and modes of infection with Histoplasma capsulatum from the study of these epidemics. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented in part at the Thirty-ninth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 28, 1958.From the Department of Medicine of Marquette University Medical School, St. Joseph's Hospital, the Wisconsin State Board of Health and the Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, USDHEW.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Burton A. Waisbren, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Marquette University School of Medicine, 208 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 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