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The Ecology of Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Blastomycosis

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Understanding the epidemiology of blastomycosis depends on comprehension of the ecology of Blastomyces dermatitidis. This interrelationship, without a doubt, is real. There is a paucity of data on both the ecology and the epidemiology of this disease. The present assumptions of these concerns either are based on analogy with other systemic pathogenic fungal infections or are postulated from the meager data available.

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    Arthur F. DiSalvo M.D.

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DiSalvo, A.F. (1992). The Ecology of Blastomyces dermatitidis . In: Al-Doory, Y., DiSalvo, A.F. (eds) Blastomycosis. Current Topics in Infectious Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3306-1_4

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