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Coccidioidomycosis: current status of the endemic in Venezuela
Abstract:
Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection endemic in the Americas, caused by a dimorphic fungus. Inhalation of arthroconidia transported by wind colonize lung tissue causing mycosis. Diagnosis is made through epidemiological and mycological study, complemented by histopathological, molecular and immune response. In Venezuela it has been reported since 1948 when Dr. Humberto Campins described the first case in Barquisimeto, Lara state. The fungal diseases in Venezuela are not mandatory notification,so that t6here is a serious underreporting in the annual statistics of the country; however, the working groups in Mycology manage to keep the data of the cases. The information provided by bioclimatic and environmental variables in endemic areas can contribute to the pursuit of ecological niches of the fungus in order to strengthen eco-epidemiological surveillance of clinical cases and research subclinical cases, strengthening the preventive health system and appropriate medical management of mycosis.
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