By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Blastomycosis is a fungal infection usually acquired by breathing in the spores of the fungi, Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii. In Minnesota...

A new study led by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers Caitlin Pepperell and Bruce Klein have identified a specific genetic vulnerability among Hmong people that renders them more susceptible...

The outbreak of the fungal infection, Blastomycosis, linked to visiting the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County near New London has grown to 33 confirmed cases, according to state health officials today. In...

The investigations are ongoing in two important infectious disease outbreak in the US upper midwest–the Blastomycosis outbreak linked to the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County near New London,...

While there is no national surveillance of blastomycosis in the US, Wisconsin is one of several states in which the fungal infection is reportable. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...