Additional Information for Histoplasmosis

MMWR Articles:

Outbreak of Histoplasmosis Among Travelers Returning From El Salvador ---Pennsylvania and Virginia, 2008.  MMWR Weekly, December 19, 2008/57(50);1349-1353.  

Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods.  MMWR Recommendations and Reports, June 9, 2006/55(RR08); 1-27.

Outbreak of Histoplasmosis Among Industrial Plant Workers --- Nebraska, 2004.  MMWR Weekly, November 5, 2004/53(43);1020-1022.

Histoplasmosis -- Kentucky, 1995.  MMWR Weekly, September 29, 1995/44(38);701-3.

Publications:

Anderson H, Honish L, Taylor G, Johnson M, Tovstiuk C, Fanning A. Histoplasmosis cluster, golf course, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jan.

Weinberg M, Weeks J, Lance-Parker S, et al.  Severe histoplasmosis in travelers to Nicaragua.  Emerg Infect Dis.  2003 Oct.

Cano MVC, Hajjeh RA. The epidemiology of histoplasmosis: a review. Semin Respir Infect 2001; 16: 109-118.

Hajjeh RA, Pappas PG, Henderson H, et al. Multicenter case control study of risk factor for histoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 32: 1215-1220.

Panackal AA, Hajjeh RA, Cetron MS, et al. Fungal infections among returning travelers. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 35: 1088-1095.

Wheat LJ. Current diagnosis of histoplasmosis. Trends Microbiol 2003; 11: 488-494.

Wheat LJ, Freifeld AG, Kleiman AB, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with histoplasmosis: 2007 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 45: 807-25.

Wheat LJ, Kauffman CA. Histoplasmosis. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2003; 17: 1-19.