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Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
Synopsis

Mycotic Infections Acquired outside Areas of Known Endemicity, United States

Kaitlin BenedictComments to Author , George R. Thompson, Stan Deresinski, and Tom M. Chiller
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K. Benedict, T. Chiller); University of California Davis Medical Center, Davis, California, USA (G.R. Thompson III); University of California, Davis (G.R. Thompson III); Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA (S. Deresinski)

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Proposed classification for endemicity of fungal infections. This schematic depicts the range of endemicity of fungal infections and discards the notion of “nonendemic,” replacing it with “not known to be endemic,” accounting for new areas of infection acquisition. It also accounts for the variability in the intensity of endemicity and indicates that the presence of a fungus in the environment may be transient as the result of environmental influences.

Figure. Proposed classification for endemicity of fungal infections. This schematic depicts the range of endemicity of fungal infections and discards the notion of “nonendemic,” replacing it with “not known to be endemic,” accounting for new areas of infection acquisition. It also accounts for the variability in the intensity of endemicity and indicates that the presence of a fungus in the environment may be transient as the result of environmental influences.

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