A combined field and laboratory epidemic of histoplasmosis: isolation from bat feces in West Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Bauman DS ; Chick EW ; Lapp, N. Leroy ; Morgan WKC
• Description:
  Attempts to isolate Histoplasma capsulatum from soil in West Virginia were conducted in the late winter of 1968 when a patient was seen at West Virginia University Medical Center with acute histoplasmosis of the epidemic type. Previous studies had shown the prevalence rate of histoplasmin reactors to vary from 0 to 40 percent by county with an approximate over-all average of 35 percent. Although sporadic cases of histoplasmosis had been seen throughout the state, H. capsulatum had not been isolated from soil in West Virginia. The present report presents the results of the epidemiologic investigation related to the patient. The investigation resulted in 5 additional infections and in the first isolation of H. capsulatum from bat feces in West Virginia. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Fungi Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Fungal-diseases Fungal-infections Respiratory-infections Respiratory-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  0003-0805
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALFORD - Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Disease
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  105
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047324
• Citation:
  Am Rev Respir Dis 1976 Jun; 105(6):968-971
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Review of Respiratory Disease
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9d630d9821ed03171f185aece658afbc0c3f6e85242d82c4fa556fb8bf6de090cdfba244a04789b4178d933afd3649c277275e7858139a6bdf1fa81239476059
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202436/cdc_202436_DS1.pdf
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