The Epidemiology of Histoplasmosis

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Editorials1 June 1965The Epidemiology of HistoplasmosisCHARLOTTE C. CAMPBELL, B.S.CHARLOTTE C. CAMPBELL, B.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-6-1333 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptClinical and epidemiologic concepts of few infectious diseases have changed as radically during the past 20 years as those for histoplasmosis. One of the two papers (1, 2) published in this issue nevertheless indicates that the different clinical manifestations by which this mycosis may present, either as primary infection or chronic disease, may not yet be fully recognized. Because the signs and symptoms produced byHistoplasma capsulatumare so varied and so indistinguishable from those produced by a number of theoretically more common microorganisms, both viral and bacterial, certain epidemiologic and ecologic aspects of histoplasmosis merit review and possible reappraisal....References1. SELLERSPRICENEWBERRY TFWNWM: An epidemic of erythema multiforme and erythema nodosum caused by histoplasmosis. Ann. Intern. Med. 62: 1244, 1965. (Please also note references to this article in this issue.) LinkGoogle Scholar2. KLITEYOUNG PDRV: Bats and histoplasmosis: a clinico-epidemiologic study of two human cases. Ibid., p. 1263. (Please also note references to this article in this issue.) Google Scholar3. PALMER CE: Geographic differences in sensitivity to histoplasmin among student nurses. Public Health Rep. 61: 475, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. EDWARDSPALMER PQCE: Nationwide histoplasmin sensitivity and histoplasmal infection. 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Public Health Rep. 73: 590, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. SHACKLETTEDIERCKSGALE MHFHNB: Histoplasma capsulatum recovered from bat tissues. Science 135: 1135, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar18. MARINKELLEGROSE CJE: Histoplasma capsulatum from the liver of a bat in Colombia. Science 147: 1039, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Departments of Microbiology and Tropical Public Health Harvard School of Public Health Boston, Mass. 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