title: Histoplasmosis outbreak among day camp attendees--Nebraska, June 2012.
abstract: On June 21, 2012, the Douglas County Health Department (DCHD) in Omaha, Nebraska, was notified of an acute respiratory illness cluster among 32 counselors at city-sponsored day camps. Laboratory-confirmed histoplasmosis was diagnosed in one camp counselor. DCHD and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) investigated the extent and source of the outbreak to prevent further infections.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002685:Chiroptera; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009329:Nebraska / Q000453:epidemiology; D011998:Recreation; D055815:Young Adult