| an outbreak of histoplasmosis at an arkansas courthouse with five cases of probable reinfection. | an outbreak of histoplasmosis occurred at a county courthouse in arkansas in july, 1975. fifty cases were identified by symptoms and positive complement fixation (cf) tests and 18 others by the clinical findings alone. only three positive cf tests (greater than or equal to 1:8) were found in a control group of 55 unexposed persons of the same age. the attack rate for 84 courthouse employees was 52%. histoplasma capsulatum was isolated from the sputum of two cases, and from bird droppings which h ... | 1978 | 685975 |
| prevalence of histoplasmosis in a midsouthern population. | we found a histoplasmin reactivity rate of 69% in a selected population of normal midsouthern adults. this prevalence is similar to that previously reported and has major clinical implications for area residents who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus and are at risk for disseminated disease with histoplasma capsulatum. | 1991 | 1948222 |
| estimation of the number of viable particles of histoplasma capsulatum in soil. | | 1968 | 5696720 |