Newscasting from CDC: Fewer Cases of Fungal Diseases Coincided With Start of COVID-19
There were fewer reports of coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis coinciding with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in the March 21 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Samantha L. Williams, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues analyzed case surveillance data for 2019 to 2021 to describe the epidemiologic characteristics of cases of coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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