Outbreak of histoplasmosis in a school party that visited a cave in Belize: Role of antigen testing in diagnosis

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作者
Buxton, JA
Dawar, M
Wheat, LJ
Black, WA
Ames, NG
Mugford, M
Patrick, DM
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[1] British Columbia Ctr Dis Control Soc, Epidemiol Serv, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R4, Canada
[2] Hlth Canada, Lab Ctr Dis Control, Fed Field Epidemiol Training Program, Ottawa, ON K1A 0L2, Canada
[3] Univ British Columbia, Dept Hlth Care & Epidemiol, Vancouver, BC V6T 1W5, Canada
[4] Indiana Univ, Sch Med, Histoplasmosis Reference Lab, Indianapolis, IN USA
[5] British Columbia Ctr Dis Control Soc, Prov Lab, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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10.2310/7060.2002.22444
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
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