Epidemiologic Study of Cryptococcus neoformans
- W. MARCUS NEWBERRY, JR., M.D.;
- JINKS E. WALTER, D.V.M., DR.P.H.;
- JOHN W. CHANDLER, JR., M.D.; and
- FRED E. TOSH, M.D.
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to Fred E. Tosh, M.D., Acting Chief, Mycoses Section, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, 2002 W. 39th St., Kansas City, Kan. 66103.
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Although Cryptococcus neoformans has been found widely distributed in nature (1, 2), the most common source of this organism has been pigeon excreta (3-5). There has been increasing evidence that pigeon habitats are a major source of infection (6-10). Accordingly, pigeon fanciers should represent a group with high risk of infection with C. neoformans. However, there has been only a single study of such a population (10). In that study Walter and Atchison used the complement fixation fluorescent antibody test to conduct a serological survey among adult volunteers from a club of pigeon fanciers. The results revealed a significantly greater
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Acknowledgment
The authors are indebted to Drs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr., and John E. Bennett of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md., for providing the Cryptococcus neoformans skin test antigen used in this study.
Article and Author Information
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From the Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, Kansas City, Kan.
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- Received April 3, 1967.
- Accepted June 20, 1967.
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