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Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses.

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Ashraf, N; Kubat, RC; Poplin, V; Adenis, AA; Denning, DW; Wright, L; McCotter, O; Schwartz, IS; Jackson, BR; Chiller, T; Bahr, NC
Published in: Mycopathologia
October 2020

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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Mycopathologia

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EISSN

1573-0832

Publication Date

October 2020

Volume

185

Issue

5

Start / End Page

843 / 865

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Paracoccidioidomycosis
  • Mycoses
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Fungi
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Coccidioidomycosis
  • Blastomycosis
  • 3107 Microbiology
 

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Ashraf, N., Kubat, R. C., Poplin, V., Adenis, A. A., Denning, D. W., Wright, L., … Bahr, N. C. (2020). Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses. Mycopathologia, 185(5), 843–865. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-020-00431-2
Ashraf, Nida, Ryan C. Kubat, Victoria Poplin, Antoine A. Adenis, David W. Denning, Laura Wright, Orion McCotter, et al. “Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses.Mycopathologia 185, no. 5 (October 2020): 843–65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-020-00431-2.
Ashraf N, Kubat RC, Poplin V, Adenis AA, Denning DW, Wright L, et al. Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses. Mycopathologia. 2020 Oct;185(5):843–65.
Ashraf, Nida, et al. “Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses.Mycopathologia, vol. 185, no. 5, Oct. 2020, pp. 843–65. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s11046-020-00431-2.
Ashraf N, Kubat RC, Poplin V, Adenis AA, Denning DW, Wright L, McCotter O, Schwartz IS, Jackson BR, Chiller T, Bahr NC. Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses. Mycopathologia. 2020 Oct;185(5):843–865.
Journal cover image

Published In

Mycopathologia

DOI

EISSN

1573-0832

Publication Date

October 2020

Volume

185

Issue

5

Start / End Page

843 / 865

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Paracoccidioidomycosis
  • Mycoses
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Fungi
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Coccidioidomycosis
  • Blastomycosis
  • 3107 Microbiology