Manetti A C
Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Chicago, IL.
Am J Public Health. 1991 May;81(5):633-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.81.5.633.
Within the United States, blastomycosis is primarily endemic in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys, but reliable figures as to its prevalence and incidence are scarce. A review of pathology department files and medical records from three hospitals in Rockford, Illinois, revealed 32 documented cases of blastomycosis in an eight and one-half year period beginning in March 1981. Twenty-three of these cases were urban since they occurred within the Rockford census tract boundaries--an incidence more than 3.5 times greater than expected in an endemic area. Addresses of patients in 18 of the 23 cases were concentrated at the northeast and southwest ends of the city. Implications are discussed.
在美国，芽生菌病主要流行于密西西比河和俄亥俄河流域，但关于其流行率和发病率的可靠数据却很匮乏。对伊利诺伊州罗克福德市三家医院病理科档案和病历的回顾显示，从1981年3月开始的八年半时间里，有32例记录在案的芽生菌病病例。其中23例发生在城市，因为它们发生在罗克福德人口普查区域边界内——这一发病率比流行地区预期的高出3.5倍以上。23例病例中18例患者的住址集中在该市的东北端和西南端。文中对相关影响进行了讨论。
