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Histoplasma capsulatum, the Glossary

Histoplasma capsulatum is a species of dimorphic fungus.^[1]

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Fungal pathogens of humans
Fungi described in 1906

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Abitibi-Témiscamingue is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario.

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Ajellomycetaceae

The Ajellomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Eurotiomycetes.

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Aspergilloma

An aspergilloma is a clump of mold which exists in a body cavity such as a paranasal sinus or an organ such as the lung.

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Aspergillus

Aspergillus is a genus consisting of several hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide.

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Blastomyces

Blastomyces is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales.

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Blastomyces dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus that causes blastomycosis, an invasive and often serious fungal infection found occasionally in humans and other animals. Histoplasma capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatitidis are fungal pathogens of humans.

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Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis, also known as Gilchrist's disease, is a fungal infection, typically of the lungs, which can spread to brain, stomach, intestine and skin, where it appears as crusting purplish warty plaques with a roundish bumpy edge and central depression.

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Brockville

Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region.

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CD4

In molecular biology, CD4 (cluster of differentiation 4) is a glycoprotein that serves as a co-receptor for the T-cell receptor (TCR).

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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Central United States

The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern and Western as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the U.S. Census's definition of the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the U.S. Census's definition of the Southern United States.

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Coccidioides

Coccidioides is a genus of dimorphic ascomycetes in the family Onygenaceae.

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Cornwall, Ontario

Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, situated where the provinces of Ontario and Quebec and the state of New York converge.

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Dimorphic fungus

Dimorphic fungi are fungi that can exist in the form of both mold and yeast.

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Eastern United States

The Eastern United States, often abbreviated as simply the East, is a macroregion of the United States located to the east of the Mississippi River.

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Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Endemic (epidemiology)

In epidemiology, an infection is said to be endemic in a specific population or populated place when that infection is constantly present, or maintained at a baseline level, without extra infections being brought into the group as a result of travel or similar means.

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Endocarditis

Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium.

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Enzootic

Enzootic is the non-human equivalent of endemic and means, in a broad sense, "belonging to" or "native to", "characteristic of", or "prevalent in" a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; native to an area or scope.

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Granuloma

A granuloma is an aggregation of macrophages (along with other cells) that forms in response to chronic inflammation.

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Grocott's methenamine silver stain

In pathology, the Grocott–Gömöri's methenamine silver stain, abbreviated GMS, is a popular staining method in histology.

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H&E stain

Hematoxylin and eosin stain (or haematoxylin and eosin stain or hematoxylin-eosin stain; often abbreviated as H&E stain or HE stain) is one of the principal tissue stains used in histology.

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Histiocyte

A histiocyte is a vertebrate cell that is part of the mononuclear phagocyte system (also known as the reticuloendothelial system or lymphoreticular system).

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Histoplasma duboisii

Histoplasma duboisii is a saprotrophic fungus responsible for the invasive infection known as African histoplasmosis. Histoplasma capsulatum and histoplasma duboisii are fungal pathogens of humans.

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Histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum.

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HIV/AIDS

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.

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Icterid

Icterids or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae, of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Kansas City metropolitan area

The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri.

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London, Ontario

London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.

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Louisiana

Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Mississippi embayment

The Mississippi embayment is a physiographic feature in the south-central United States, part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Mount Royal

Mount Royal (Mont Royal) is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River is a river in the United States.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a dimorphic fungus and one of the two species that cause paracoccidioidomycosis (the other being Paracoccidioides lutzii). The fungus has been affiliated with the family Ajellomycetaceae (division Ascomycota) although a sexual state or teleomorph has not yet been found. Histoplasma capsulatum and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis are fungal pathogens of humans.

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PAS diastase stain

Periodic acid–Schiff–diastase (PAS-D, PAS diastase) stain is a periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) stain used in combination with diastase, an enzyme that breaks down glycogen.

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Peritonitis

Peritonitis is inflammation of the localized or generalized peritoneum, the lining of the inner wall of the abdomen and cover of the abdominal organs.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

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Preston, Ontario

Preston is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoplasma_capsulatum

, Preston, Ontario, Quebec, Samuel Taylor Darling, South America, St. Lawrence River, St. Thomas, Ontario, Starling, Texas, Vermont, Yeast.

Histoplasma capsulatum, the Glossary

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Fungal pathogens of humans

Fungi described in 1906

References