Fungal Infections and Social Determinants of Health: Using Data to Identify Disparities.

Samantha L Williams, Kaitlin Benedict, Mitsuru Toda

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Article in Current fungal infection reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Community-level Health and Socioeconomic Disparities in Coccidioidomycosis: Insights from the Social Deprivation and Healthy Places Indices.Medical mycology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Samantha L WilliamsMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H24-11, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Kaitlin BenedictMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H24-11, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Mitsuru TodaMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H24-11, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of Review: Fungal diseases disproportionately affect certain demographic populations, but few studies have thoroughly investigated the drivers of those disparities. We summarize data sources that can be considered to explore potential associations between fungal diseases and social determinants of health in the United States. Recent Findings: Sociodemographic disparities are apparent in fungal diseases, and social determinants of health (e.g., income, living conditions, and healthcare access) may be associated with increased risk of infection, severe disease, and poor health outcomes. Summary: Numerous data sources are available in the United States to analyze the potential association between fungal diseases and underlying social determinants of health. Each source has benefits and limitations that should be considered in the development of analysis plans. Inherent challenges to all fungal disease data (e.g., underdiagnosis, underreporting, and inability to detect people who do not seek medical care) should be noted and accounted for in interpretation of results.

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Fungal diseaseHealth disparitiesHealth equity researchMycotic diseaseSocial determinants of health

Identifiers

PMID39380623

DOI10.1007/s12281-024-00494-4

PMCPMC11457536

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