A recent case in Taiwan is the latest of over 20 foreign travelers who have acquired Coccidioidomycosis in Americas. A module in GIDEON maintains a chronology of all instances of travel-related infection (rabies, trypanosomiasis, trichinosis, Lassa fever, gnathostomiasis, melioidosis, etc). The following list is abstracted from the program.

[primary references are available on request]

Year* Country Cases Comment

1975* Finland 1
1976* Switzerland 1
1990 Israel 1
1993 Czech Republic 1
1996* Netherlands 1
1998* Hungary 1
2001 U.K, Finland, New Zealand 3 Associated with public event
2001 Germany 2 Acquired in Costa Rica
2002 India 1 Fatal infection
2003 Israel 1
2008* France 1
2008* Japan 4 Case series
2008* Poland 1
2009* Netherlands 1

* Year of publication (other cases refer to year of occurrence)

Update: Appeared in ProMED

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