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adiaspiromycosis

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adiaspiromycosis /adi·a·spi·ro·my·co·sis/ (ad″e-ah-spi″ro-mi-ko´sis) a pulmonary disease of many species of rodents and occasionally of humans, due to inhalation of spores of the fungi Emmonsia parva and E. crescens, and marked by huge spherules (adiaspores) in the lungs.
adiaspiromycosis
a respiratory disease of humans and many animal species caused by the fungus Chrysosporium spp. and characterized by large, thick-walled spherules (adiaspores).


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As illustrated by articles in this issue about adiaspiromycosis (2), malaria (3,4), dengue (4), Chagas disease (5), Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (6), suspected Brazilian purpuric fever (7), and other infections, new diseases continue to emerge and old ones continue to undergo epidemiologic change throughout the vast Amazon River basin.
Human pulmonary adiaspiromycosis has been reported in the literature from multiple countries, including Russia, the Czech Republic, Guatemala, Brazil, and the United States (1-4); disseminated infection may occur in immunocompromised persons.
The presence of malaria, dengue fever, orally transmitted Chagas disease, Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection, adiaspiromycosis, and many other emerging diseases indicates that emergence and epidemiologic change are vigorous and ongoing in the Amazon Basin.
 
 
 
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