The Emerging Pattern of Urban Histoplasmosis

URBAN children, because of their more localized environment and less frequent exposure, appear to be more suitable subjects than rural children for studies of the acquisition of infection with Histoplasma capsulatum.1 , 2 In these papers two sources of infection among urban children were reported: visits to farms or prior rural residence and exposure in urban structures contaminated with bird droppings. Kier et al.3 have reported a third source — importation of contaminated farm soil or manure as fertilizer. In the present paper we wish to call attention to a fourth source of infection among urban children — namely, infection in wooded, . . .