First description of a cluster of acute/subacute paracoccidioidomycosis cases and its association with a climatic anomaly

First description of a cluster of acute/subacute paracoccidioidomycosis cases and its association with a climatic anomaly

Identifying clusters of acute paracoccidioidomycosis cases could potentially help in identifying the environmental factors that influence the incidence of this mycosis. However, unlike other endemic mycoses, there are no published reports of clusters of paracoccidioidomycosis. A retrospective cluste...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2010-03, Vol.4 (3), p.e643-e643
Hauptverfasser: Barrozo, Ligia Vizeu, Benard, Gil, Silva, Maria Elisa Siqueira, Bagagli, Eduardo, Marques, Silvio Alencar, Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Climate
Climate change
Cluster Analysis
Disease
Disease prevention
Ecology/Environmental Microbiology
El Nino
Environmental factors
Female
Fungal infections
Humans
Male
Moisture content
Paracoccidioides - isolation & purification
Paracoccidioidomycosis - epidemiology
Precipitation
Retrospective Studies
Soil water
Southern Oscillation
Studies
Tropical diseases
Water storage
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Identifying clusters of acute paracoccidioidomycosis cases could potentially help in identifying the environmental factors that influence the incidence of this mycosis. However, unlike other endemic mycoses, there are no published reports of clusters of paracoccidioidomycosis. A retrospective cluster detection test was applied to verify if an excess of acute form (AF) paracoccidioidomycosis cases in time and/or space occurred in Botucatu, an endemic area in São Paulo State. The scan-test SaTScan v7.0.3 was set to find clusters for the maximum temporal period of 1 year. The temporal test indicated a significant cluster in 1985 (P
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000643