blastomycosis
noun
blas·to·my·co·sis
ˌbla-stə-ˌmī-ˈkō-səs 
: any of several fungal infections
especially
: an infectious disease caused by a yeast fungus (Blastomyces dermititidis) that affects especially the lungs and skin
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Vermont's rate of blastomycosis trails Wisconsin, the state with the highest rate.
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USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Her veterinarian concluded the cat had contracted blastomycosis.
—Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
There are only one or two cases per 100,000 people each year in states where blastomycosis is a reportable condition, according to the CDC.
—Katherine Dillinger, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
Wisconsin cases of blastomycosis in dogs In Feb. 2022, a veterinarian in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, told the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services that four dogs were diagnosed with blastomycosis.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Overall, the state had four blastomycosis deaths in 2023.
—Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
Wisconsin, the state with the highest rate of blastomycosis, has an average of 2.1 cases per 100,000 people.
Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are the only five states that have a public health surveillance for blastomycosis.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Only five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin — have public health surveillance for blastomycosis.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024
But, this particular area of the county hadn't seen a human blastomycosis case in at least 10 years, though there was an unofficial report of a dog dying of the infection in 2021.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Her veterinarian concluded the cat had contracted blastomycosis.
—Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
There are only one or two cases per 100,000 people each year in states where blastomycosis is a reportable condition, according to the CDC.
—Katherine Dillinger, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
Wisconsin cases of blastomycosis in dogs In Feb. 2022, a veterinarian in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, told the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services that four dogs were diagnosed with blastomycosis.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Overall, the state had four blastomycosis deaths in 2023.
—Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
Wisconsin, the state with the highest rate of blastomycosis, has an average of 2.1 cases per 100,000 people.
Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are the only five states that have a public health surveillance for blastomycosis.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Only five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin — have public health surveillance for blastomycosis.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024
But, this particular area of the county hadn't seen a human blastomycosis case in at least 10 years, though there was an unofficial report of a dog dying of the infection in 2021.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
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blastomycosis
noun
blas·to·my·co·sis
-ˌmī-ˈkō-səs
plural blastomycoses
-ˌsēz
: either of two infectious diseases caused by yeastlike fungi see blastomyces, north american blastomycosis, south american blastomycosis
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