Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2024)

Human and Canine Blastomycosis Cases Associated with Riverside Neighborhood, Wisconsin, USA, December 2021–March 2022

  • Hannah E. Segaloff,
  • Karen Wu,
  • Samantha L. Williams,
  • Summer Shaw,
  • Shanna Miko,
  • Lindsay A. Parnell,
  • Andrew S. Hanzlicek,
  • Kendra M. Carlson,
  • Mark Lindsley,
  • Ryan P. Westergaard,
  • Mitsuru Toda,
  • Suzanne N. Gibbons-Burgener

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3012.240390
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 12
pp. 2633 – 2638

Abstract

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We investigated a blastomycosis cluster among humans and canines in a neighborhood in Wisconsin, United States. We conducted interviews and collected serum specimens for Blastomyces antibody testing by enzyme immunoassay. Although no definitive exposure was identified, evidence supports potential exposures from the riverbank, riverside trails or yards, or construction dust.

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