Severe Histoplasmosis in Travelers to Nicaragua

We investigated an outbreak of unexpectedly severe histoplasmosis among 14 healthy adventure travelers from the United States who visited a bat-infested cave in Nicaragua. Although histoplasmosis has rarely been reported to cause serious illness among travelers, this outbreak demonstrates that cases...

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Autores principales: Weinberg, Michelle, Weeks, Julia, Lance-Parker, Susan, Traeger, Marc, Wiersma, Steven, Phan, Quyen, Dennison, David, MacDonald, Pia, Lindsley, Mark, Guarner, Jeannette, Connolly, Patricia, Cetron, Martin, Hajjeh, Rana
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14609473
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0910.030049
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author Weinberg, Michelle
Weeks, Julia
Lance-Parker, Susan
Traeger, Marc
Wiersma, Steven
Phan, Quyen
Dennison, David
MacDonald, Pia
Lindsley, Mark
Guarner, Jeannette
Connolly, Patricia
Cetron, Martin
Hajjeh, Rana
author_facet Weinberg, Michelle
Weeks, Julia
Lance-Parker, Susan
Traeger, Marc
Wiersma, Steven
Phan, Quyen
Dennison, David
MacDonald, Pia
Lindsley, Mark
Guarner, Jeannette
Connolly, Patricia
Cetron, Martin
Hajjeh, Rana
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description We investigated an outbreak of unexpectedly severe histoplasmosis among 14 healthy adventure travelers from the United States who visited a bat-infested cave in Nicaragua. Although histoplasmosis has rarely been reported to cause serious illness among travelers, this outbreak demonstrates that cases may be severe among travelers, even young, healthy persons.
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spelling pubmed-30330952011-02-09 Severe Histoplasmosis in Travelers to Nicaragua Weinberg, Michelle Weeks, Julia Lance-Parker, Susan Traeger, Marc Wiersma, Steven Phan, Quyen Dennison, David MacDonald, Pia Lindsley, Mark Guarner, Jeannette Connolly, Patricia Cetron, Martin Hajjeh, Rana Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We investigated an outbreak of unexpectedly severe histoplasmosis among 14 healthy adventure travelers from the United States who visited a bat-infested cave in Nicaragua. Although histoplasmosis has rarely been reported to cause serious illness among travelers, this outbreak demonstrates that cases may be severe among travelers, even young, healthy persons. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3033095/ /pubmed/14609473 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0910.030049 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Weinberg, Michelle
Weeks, Julia
Lance-Parker, Susan
Traeger, Marc
Wiersma, Steven
Phan, Quyen
Dennison, David
MacDonald, Pia
Lindsley, Mark
Guarner, Jeannette
Connolly, Patricia
Cetron, Martin
Hajjeh, Rana
Severe Histoplasmosis in Travelers to Nicaragua
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title_full_unstemmed Severe Histoplasmosis in Travelers to Nicaragua
title_short Severe Histoplasmosis in Travelers to Nicaragua
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