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Histopathological changes in the skin seen in lobomycosis. Source:
CDC.
Lobo's disease, also known as lobomycosis or lacaziosis, is a blastomycosis, a fungal infection of the skin caused by Lacazia loboi (formerly named Loboa loboi)[1], and discovered by Brazil dermatologist Jorge Lobo. Other names which were given to the disease are: keloidal blastomycosis, Amazonian blastomycosis, blastomycoid granuloma, miraip and piraip. These last two names were given by Indians of the Amazon and mean that which burns. The disease is endemic in rural regions in South America and Central America. The disease is chronic and is characterized by keloidal nodular lesions occurring on the face, ears, or extremities. This disease is usually found in humans and bottle-nosed dolphins. Lesions in dolphins occur on the dorsal fin, head, flukes, and peduncle. In January 2006, a potential epidemic of lobomycosis was reported in dolphins of the Indian River Lagoon in Florida.[2]
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- Sameer Elsayed, Susan M. Kuhn, Duane Barber, Deirdre L. Church, Stewart Adams, and Richard Kasper Human Case of Lobomycosis. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, No. 4, April 2004.
- ^ Honda, Kord; Horner, Kyle (2006). Lobomycosis. eMedicine. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.
- ^ Reif, John S.; Mazzoil, Marilyn S., McCulloch, Stephen D., et al (2006). "Lobomycosis in Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 228 (1): 104-108.
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