Migration Histoplasmosis
Authors: ROBERT L. PERKINS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 September 1962Migration HistoplasmosisROBERT L. PERKINS, M.D., SAMUEL SASLAW, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P., STEPHEN A. OCKNERROBERT L. PERKINS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL SASLAW, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, STEPHEN A. OCKNERSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-3-363 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHistoplasmin skin test surveys have documented a higher incidence of positive conversion in farm dwellers than in city dwellers (1-3). The obvious implication of these findings is that exposure to histoplasmosis is greater in a rural setting. In endemic areas, these circumstances may constitute a potential health hazard to individuals who choose to join the well-established American exodus from the city to the suburban or rural settlement which is commonly constructed on virgin soil and forested areas. Other individuals, newly arriving from another state or country, may be forced to join the movement not by choice, but because of lack...References1. FURCOLOWNEY MLPE: Epidemiologic aspects of histoplasmosis. Amer. J. Hyg. 65: 264, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. ANDERSONDOTOFURCOLOW NWILML: Clinical, x-ray and serologic changes with Histoplasma infection. Public Health Rep. 73: 73, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. FURCOLOW ML: Recent studies on the epidemiology of histoplasmosis. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 72: 127, 1958. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. EMMONS CW: Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil. Public Health Rep. 64: 892, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ROBERT L. PERKINS, M.D.; SAMUEL SASLAW, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P.; STEPHEN A. OCKNERAffiliations: (MC) USAF Columbus, OhioFrom the Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, and the 801st Medical Group, Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio.Supported in part by Grants EF-11,739 and E-258 from the National Institutes of Health.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Samuel Saslaw, M.D., Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, University Hospital, 410 West 10th Avenue, Columbus 10, Ohio. 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