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*Woody areas especially in [[Endemic (epidemiology)|endemic areas]] | *Woody areas especially in [[Endemic (epidemiology)|endemic areas]] | ||
*People working outdoors in endemic areas including farmers, forest workers, hunters, campers are slightly more predisposed.<ref name="Choptiany-2009">{{Cite journal | last1 = Choptiany | first1 = M. | last2 = Wiebe | first2 = L. | last3 = Limerick | first3 = B. | last4 = Sarsfield | first4 = P. | last5 = Cheang | first5 = M. | last6 = Light | first6 = B. | last7 = Hammond | first7 = G. | last8 = Macdonald | first8 = K. | last9 = Trepman | first9 = E. | title = Risk factors for acquisition of endemic blastomycosis. | journal = Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 117-21 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = | PMID = 21119803 }}</ref> | *People working outdoors in endemic areas including farmers, forest workers, hunters, campers are slightly more predisposed.<ref name="Choptiany-2009">{{Cite journal | last1 = Choptiany | first1 = M. | last2 = Wiebe | first2 = L. | last3 = Limerick | first3 = B. | last4 = Sarsfield | first4 = P. | last5 = Cheang | first5 = M. | last6 = Light | first6 = B. | last7 = Hammond | first7 = G. | last8 = Macdonald | first8 = K. | last9 = Trepman | first9 = E. | title = Risk factors for acquisition of endemic blastomycosis. | journal = Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 117-21 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = | PMID = 21119803 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Immunosuppression]] | *[[Immunosuppression]] | ||
*[[Collagen vascular disease]] | *[[Collagen vascular disease]] | ||
*Contact with a person having blastomycosis | *Contact with a person having blastomycosis | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Vidit Bhargava, M.B.B.S [2] Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [3]
Overview
The risk factors are not well established for the acquisition of blastomycosis in endemic areas. However, studies conducted over a period of several years, point out the role of moist soil rich in organic debris as a source of transmission.
Risk Factors
- Woody areas especially in endemic areas
- People working outdoors in endemic areas including farmers, forest workers, hunters, campers are slightly more predisposed.[1]
- Immunosuppression
- Collagen vascular disease
- Contact with a person having blastomycosis