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SINCE the discovery of “South American Blastomycosis” by Adolfo Lutz in 1908, it has been generally accepted that the disease is confined to South America. The few cases reported outside this region are of patients who lived for years in South American countries and probably contracted the “Lutz disease” there1–8.
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SALLES, C. Blastomyces (Paracoccidioides) brasiliensis in Africa. Nature 204, 1211–1212 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041211b0
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