In the ensuing years, the fungal pathogen has been mysterious in appearing very quickly in places and then disappearing almost as quickly. Earlier this year, two outbreaks were made public with one happening at a nursing home in Washington, DC, and the other at 2 hospitals in the Dallas area.

During this outbreak, a cluster of 101 cases was detected in the Washington, DC, nursing home and a cluster of 22 cases was detected in 2 Dallas areas hospitals from January to April.

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