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The study of epidemiology is important to determine causal factors. Elucidation of causal factors leads to the avoidance of the ecological niche, hazardous activities, or other risk factors associated with the etiologic agent. Forewarned is forearmed. Thus, without knowledge of the ecological niche of Blastomyces dermatitidis, it is perplexing to determine the epidemiology of Blastomycosis.
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DiSalvo, A.F. (1992). The Epidemiology of Blastomycosis. In: Al-Doory, Y., DiSalvo, A.F. (eds) Blastomycosis. Current Topics in Infectious Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3306-1_5
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