EPIDEMIC OF HISTOPLASMOSIS, AN

Explains how an epidemic of acute respiratory disease in a Boy Scout troop is investigated by chest survey, histoplasmin skin tests, and complement fixation to confirm histoplasmosis. Discusses the soil cultures of the site of exposure, a startling root, explaining that they implicate the guano-fertilized park area.

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