A budding surprise from the joint

Jordan, A. S.; Chavada, Ruchir; Nagendra, Vanathi; McNeil, H. Patrick; Kociuba, Katherine; Gibson, Kathryn A.

doi:10.5694/mja13.10504

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“…There is one case report of histoplasmosis in a Laotian person living in Australia [16], another in a Burmese male who had been living in Taiwan [14], and multiple cases in Thailand where refugees resided prior to immigration to the United States [20]. Skin test studies in the 1950s in Myanmar found wide ranging skin test positivity (8–86%), though positivity was relatively low (4–5%) in northern and northeastern Thailand where refugee camps were located [15, 20].…”

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Seroprevalence of Histoplasmosis in Somali, Burmese, and Hmong Refugees Residing in Thailand and Kenya

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Stauffer

et al. 2017

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Histoplasmosis is known to be endemic to the Midwestern United States, but cases have been reported throughout much of the world. Somali, Hmong, and Burmese (ethnically Karen) persons make up some of the largest refugee populations coming the United States in recent years. Yet, information about risk of Histoplasma capsulatum infection amongst these populations is limited. This study used the CDC Migrant Serum Bank to test ~100 samples from each of Somali, Burmese, and Hmong U.S.-bound refugees. Samples were tested by enzyme immunoassay for Histoplasma capsulatum IgG. Overall 1% (2/299) of refugee serum samples were positive for H. capsulatum IgG. One of 99 samples obtained from Hmong refugees was positive, and the other positive sample came from among 100 Burmese refugee samples. H capsulatum IgG positivity was detected at low levels in Hmong and Burmese refugees. No IgG positivity was detected among 100 Somali refugees.

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Seroprevalence of Histoplasmosis in Somali, Burmese, and Hmong Refugees Residing in Thailand and Kenya

Bahr

Lee

Stauffer

et al. 2017

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses

et al. 2020

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Endemic mycoses such as histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, and talaromycosis are well-known causes of focal and systemic disease within specific geographic areas of known endemicity. However, over the past few decades, there have been increasingly frequent reports of infections due to endemic fungi in areas previously thought to be “non-endemic.” There are numerous potential reasons for this shift such as increased use of immune suppressive medications, improved diagnostic tests, increased disease recognition, and global factors such as migration, increased travel, and climate change. Regardless of the causes, it has become evident that our previous understanding of endemic regions for these fungal diseases needs to evolve. The epidemiology of the newly described Emergomyces is incomplete; our understanding of it continues to evolve. This review will focus on the evidence underlying the established areas of endemicity for these mycoses as well as new data and reports from medical literature that support the re-thinking these geographic boundaries. Updating the endemic fungi maps would inform clinical practice and global surveillance of these diseases.

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A budding surprise from the joint

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Seroprevalence of Histoplasmosis in Somali, Burmese, and Hmong Refugees Residing in Thailand and Kenya

Seroprevalence of Histoplasmosis in Somali, Burmese, and Hmong Refugees Residing in Thailand and Kenya

Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses

Leflunomide/methotrexate/prednisone

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