Histoplasmosis -- Canada
The Gideon database maintains an ongoing record of all cross-border infectious disease events, including importation of animals and foods associated with zoonotic disease. [1-3]
As of 2019, 76 episodes of histoplasmosis have been associated with travel, involving at least 574 individual cases (8 fatal). 18 of these events were related to cave exposure, including 2 involving caves in Cuba. Four publications described acquisition of histoplasmosis by Canadian travelers, 2 involving cave
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