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Incidence of histoplasmin skin test reactivity in Somalia: An epidemiological study

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Histoplasmosis is an important systemic mycotic infection with a wide geographic distribution. Its occurrence has been mostly studied in the US (6) and in Central America (6), but very little is known about its distribution in Africa, where a specific variant exists. Skin test surveys in the Democratic Republic of Somali indicate that Histoplasma capsulatum or a closely related agent has a focus in this east African country.

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  1. Istituto Internazionale di Genetica e Biofisica: CNR, Via Marconi, 10, I-80125, Napoli, Italy

    Bruno Maresca & Margherita Sacco

  2. Medical School, University General Hospital, Somali National University, Mogadishu, Somalia

    Bruno Maresca, Abdulkadir Ismail Ali & Margherita Sacco

  3. School of Medicine, Div. of Infectious Diseases, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., USA

    George S. Kobayashi

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Maresca, B., Ali, A.I., Kobayashi, G.S. et al. Incidence of histoplasmin skin test reactivity in Somalia: An epidemiological study. Mycopathologia 98, 77–81 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437292

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