ArticleCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada2024
Perspectives on blastomycosis in Canada in the face of climate change.
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- AggressiveThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2026Article
- First endogenous case ofJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2026Article
- Emerging Endemic Area for Blastomycosis, New York, USA, 2000-2024.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Diagnosing Blastomycosis: A Review of Laboratory Methods and Clinical Utility.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Cutaneous Fungal Infections.International journal of dermatology · 2025Review
- Acquired Blastomycosis infection in a patient with prior Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery: A case report.IDCases · 2025Article
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Abstract
Blastomycosis is a disease of potentially varied presentations caused by thermally dimorphic fungi that appear as mold at ambient temperatures and transform to yeast at body temperature. Inhalation of aerosolized fungal spores represents the primary mode of transmission. Exposure may follow outdoor activities that disturb soil, which is warm, moist, acidic and rich in organic debris, particularly within forested areas and in proximity to waterways. Blastomycosis is endemic to several parts of Canada, but is only reportable in Ontario and Manitoba, with Northwestern Ontario being considered a hyperendemic area with average annual incidence rates of over 25 cases per 100,000 population. Delays in diagnosis and treatment are frequently observed as the symptoms and imaging findings of blastomycosis may initially be mistaken for community-acquired pneumonia, tuberculosis or malignancy, which can result in interim disease progression and worsening clinical outcomes. Risks from fungal infections such as blastomycosis are likely to increase with climate change-associated shifts in temperature and rainfall, and this may contribute to the geographic expansion of cases, a phenomenon that appears to be already underway. Further research investigating the ecological niche of
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