TY  - JOUR
T1  - Notes from the field: Histoplasmosis outbreak among day camp attendees—nebraska, june 2012
Y1  - 2012/11/14
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.14070
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1853
EP  - 1854
VL  - 308
IS  - 18
N2  - 
Histoplasmosis is a common fungal infection in the United States1 and is a cause of respiratory illness outbreaks in endemic areas, which include areas in the midwestern states, and particularly the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys.2 Illness usually is acquired from inhalation of soil contaminated with bird or bat droppings2; human-to-human transmission does not occur. Symptoms include fever, headache, and respiratory symptoms, although infected persons can remain asymptomatic.2 Most patients will recover regardless of treatment, but severe disease can lead to respiratory failure and should be treated; immunocompromised patients are at high risk for developing histoplasmosis that spreads throughout the body.2

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.14070
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.14070
ER  -