title: HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM: OCCURRENCE IN SOIL FROM THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION OF ITALY.
abstract: The existence of an area in Europe in which histoplasmosis is endemic was revealed by the isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil. The soil specimen was collected in a chicken yard on a farm near Bologna, Italy. The Emilia-Romagna region had been selected for study because several, apparently autochthonous, human cases of histoplasmosis had originated there.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019659:Asteraceae; D002645:Chickens; D004813:Epidemiology; D005060:Europe; D006658:Histoplasma; D006660:Histoplasmosis; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008460:Meat; D012987:Soil; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D012987:Soil
keywords: EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; ITALY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY