Contribution of additional items is hereby requested. Any published item concerning a disease and its association with any kind of cave is appropriate. However, articles about diseases associated with caves, but that make no reference to caves or that association, are not included here.
For those with access to Microsoft Access (sounds redundant, doesn't it) I am working on a way this database can be downloaded in that format. However, just providing a link to the file doesn't seem to work.
| ID1 | ID | Author | Year | Title | Journal | Publication Facts | Disease(s) | Publication type | Publication status | language | abstract availability and language | link to caves | reservoir | vector/fomite | keywords assigned by author | database call number | contributor | comments by database editor | miscellaneous notes |
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| 1 | 22 | Rojas, J.C., Malo, E.A., and Espinoza-Medinilla, E. | 1989 | Sylvatic focus of Chagas' disease in Oaxaca, Mexico | Annals of Tropical medicine and Parasitology | 83(2), 115-120 | American Trypanosomiasis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | bats, other small mammals | Reduvid flies | AT.1989.1 | ||||||
| 2 | 36 | Schweigmann, N.J., Alberti, A., Pietrokovsky, S., Conti, O., Riarte, A., Montoya, S., and Wisnivesky-Colli, C. | 1992 | A new host of Trypanosoma cruzi from Jujuy, Argentina: Octodontomys gliroides (Gervais & D'Orbigny, 1844) (Rodentia, Octodontidae). | Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz | 87(2),217-220. | American Trypanosomiasis | abstract | Medline | Octodontomys glidoides | AT.1992.1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Omah-Maharaj, I. | 1992 | Studies on vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Trinidad, West Indies | Medical and Veterinary Entomology | 6(2),115-120. | American Typanosomiasis | abstract | Medline | Panstrongylus geniculatus | AT.1992.2 | ||||||||
| 4 | 25 | Panagiou, A., Savvaidis, I., Theodorou, D., and Bezirtzoglou, E. | 1995 | Influence of light on the presence of Clostridium perfringens in caves. | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 20(Suppl 2), S380-S381. | Clostridium | research journal | peer reviewed | no | fecal material | C.1995.1 | |||||||
| 5 | 21 | Swanepol, R., Leman, P.A., Burt, F.J., Zachariades, N.A., Braack, L.E.O., Ksiazek, T.G., Rollin, P.E., Zaki, S.R., and Peters, C.J. | 1996 | Experimental inoculation of plants and animals with Ebola virus | Emerging Infectious Diseases | 2(4), 321-325. | Ebola | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | bats | E.1996.1 | full text also available via Medline | ||||||
| 6 | 23 | Herbold, J.R., Heuschele, W.P., Berry, R.L., and Parsons, M.A. | 1983 | Reservoir of St. Louis encephalitis virus in Ohio bats. | American Journal of Veterinary Research | 44(10), 1889-1893. | St. Louis encephalitis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline,text | bats | Culex mosquito | EN.1983.1 | ||||||
| 7 | 33 | Balabanoff, V.A. | 1967 | Comparative studies of dermatophytes isolated from caves and stables in Bulgaria | Mycopatholo Mycol Appl | 32(3), 237-248 | Skin fungus | citation | French | no | F.1967.1 | ||||||||
| 8 | 55 | ? | 1988 | Cave-associated histoplasmosis - Costa Rica | Archives of Dermatology | 124,994. | Histoplasmosis | Brief reportt | no | H.1988.3 | W.C.Lewis | This article is identical to H.1988.1 | |||||||
| 9 | 1 | Halliday, W.R. | 1949 | Cave sickness | National Speleological Society Bulletin | 11,28-30. | Histoplasmosis | newsletter | no | guano | aerosol | H.1949.1 | |||||||
| 10 | 2 | Halliday,W.R. | 1949 | Cave Sickness | National Speleological Society Bulletin | 11,28-30. | Bad air | newsletter | no | H.1949.1 | |||||||||
| 11 | 6 | Hasenclever, H.F., Shacklette, M.H., Young, R.V., and Gelderman, G.A. | 1967 | The natural occurrence of Histoplasma capsulatum in a cave | American Journal of Epidemiology | 86(1), 238-252. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | no | bats | aerosol | H.1967.1 | ||||||
| 12 | 26 | Shacklette, M.H., and Hasenclever, H.F. | 1968 | The natural occurrence of Histoplasma capsulatum in a cave:3. Effect of flooding | American Journal of Epidemiology | 88(2), 210-214. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | text | animals, guano | air, soil contact, | H.1968.1 | ||||||
| 13 | 7 | Disalvo, A.F., Bigler, W.J., Ajello, L., Johnson, J.E., and Palmer, J. | 1970 | Bat and soil studies for sources of Histoplasmosis in Florida | Public Health Reports | 85(12), 1063-1069. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | no | bats, soil | H.1970.1 | |||||||
| 14 | 45 | ? | 1975 | Histoplasmosis in the caves of Puerto Rico | Bol Col Prof Enferm PR | 1(3),24-26. | Histoplasmosis | citation | ? | Spanish | no | H.1975.1 | |||||||
| 15 | 56 | Isbister, J., Elliott, M., and Nogrady, S. | 1976 | Histoplasmosis: an outbreak occurring among young men who visited one cave. | Medical Journal of Australia | 2(7), 243-248. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | H.1976.1 | W.C.Lewis | |||||||
| 16 | 8 | Carvajal Zamora, J.R. | 1977 | Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil in the Aguas Buenos Caves, Aquas Buenos, Puerto Rico. I. An ecological approach. | Mycopathologica | 60(3), 157-161. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | soil | H.1977.1 | |||||||
| 17 | 9 | Carvajal Zamora, J.R.. | 1977 | Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from the air in the Aquas Buenas caves, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | Mycopathologica | 60(3), 163-165. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | aerosol | H.1977.2 | |||||||
| 18 | 11 | Quinones, F., Koplan, J.P., Pike, L., Staine, F., and Ajello, L. | 1978 | Histoplasmosis in Belize, Central America | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 27(3), 558-561. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | medline, text, | bats, soil | H.1978.1 | |||||||
| 19 | 13 | Lottenberg, R., Waldman, R.H., Ajello, L., Hoff, G.L., Bigler, W., and Zellner, S.R. | 1979 | Pulmonary histoplasmosis associated with exploration of a bat cave. | American Journal of Epidemiology | 110(2), 156-161. | histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | medline,text | bats | H.1979.1 | |||||||
| 20 | 12 | Hunt, P.J., Harden, T.J., Hibbins, M., Pritchard, R.C., Muir, D.B., and gardner, F.J. | 1984 | Histoplasma capsulatum. Isolation from an Australian cave environment and from a patient. | medical Journal of Australia | 141(5), 280-283. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | mice,soil | H.1984.1 | |||||||
| 21 | 10 | Sacks, J.J., Ajello, L., and Crockett, L.K. | 1986 | An outbreak and review of cave-associated histoplasmosis capsulati. | Journal of Medical and veterinary Mycology | 24(4), 313-325. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | bats, guano | direct contact with guano | H.1986.1 | ||||||
| 22 | 54 | Unknown | 1988 | Leads from the MMWR. Cave-associated histoplasmosis - Costa Rica | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | 37, 312-313. | Histoplasmosis | Brief report | no | H.1988.1 | W.C.Lewis | ||||||||
| 23 | 53 | ? | 1988 | cave-associated histoplasmosis - Costa Rica | Archives of Dermatology | 124(7), 994. | Histoplasmosis | Citation | no | H.1988.2 | |||||||||
| 24 | 46 | Fernandez Andreu, C.M. and Martinez Martin, G. | 1992 | The sources of histoplasmosis infection on the Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. | Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo | 34(5),441-446. | Histoplasmosis | Abstract | Spanish | Medline | bats | H.1992.1 | |||||||
| 25 | 47 | Gorson, S.M. | 1993 | Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum after Cave Exploration | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | 12(1),102. | Histoplasmosis | no | H.1993.1 | ||||||||||
| 26 | 48 | Taylor, M.L., Pedroza-Seres, M., Gamez-Aranda, A. and Toriello, C. | 1993 | Retrospective serological study of histoplasmosis in Mexico. | Mycoses | 36(1-2), 25-30. | Histoplasmosis | Abstract | Medline | H.1993.2 | |||||||||
| 27 | 49 | Suzaki, A., Kimura, M., Kimura, S., Shimada, K., Miyaji, M., and Kaufman, L. | 1995 | An outbreak of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis among travelers to a bat-inhabited cave in Brazil | Kansenshogaku Zasshi | 69(4), 444-449. | Histoplasmosis | Abstract | Japanese | Medline | bat guano | H.1995.1 | |||||||
| 28 | 50 | Taylor, M.L., Granados, J. and Toriello, C. | 1996 | Biological and sociocultural approaches of histoplasmosis in the State of Guerrero, Mexico. | Mycoses | 39(9-10), 375-379. | Histoplasmosis | Abstract | Medline | H.1996.1 | |||||||||
| 29 | 34 | van Crevel, R., van der Ven, A.J., Meis, J.F., and Kullberg, B.J. | 1997 | Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis as an imported disease | Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd | 141(25), 1242-1244. | Histoplasmosis | citation and abstract | Dutch | Medline | bat | inhalation | H.1997.1 | ||||||
| 30 | 51 | Kalunda, M., Mukwaya, L.G., Mukuye, A., Lule, M., Sekyalo, E., Wright, J., and Casals, J. | 1986 | Kasokero virus: a new human pathogen from bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in Uganda. | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 35(2), 387-392. | Kasokero | Abstract | Medline | bats | K.1986.1 | ||||||||
| 31 | 35 | Vattier, G. | 1966 | Contribution to the biological study of the troglobe sand flies of the caves of Congo-Brazzaville | CR Acad Sci Hebd Seances Acad Sci D | 262(16),1725-1727. | Leishmaniasis | citation | French | no | phlebotomine sandfly | L.1966.1 | |||||||
| 32 | 38 | Rogo, L.M. | 1983 | Record of Phlebotomous (Larroussius) pedifer and Phlebotomous (Larroussius) elgonensis inside the same cave | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 77(6), 878-879. | Leishmaniasis | citation | no | L.1983.1 | |||||||||
| 33 | 16 | Leng, Y.J. | 1987 | A preliminary survey of phlebotomine sandflies in limestone caves of Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces, south-west China, and description and discussion of a primitive new genus Chinius. | Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 81(3),311-317. | Leishmaniasis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline,text | phlebotomine sandfly | L.1987.1 | |||||||
| 34 | 39 | Sang,D.K. | 1987 | Studies on cutaneous leishmaniasis in kenya (Leishmaniasis) | Dissertation Abstracts | 50-11B,4993. | Leishmaniasis | Abstract of dissertation | Dissertation Abstracts International | sandfly | L.1988.1 | ||||||||
| 35 | 40 | Apiwathnasorn, C., Sucharit, S., Rongsriyam, Y., Leemingsawat, S., Kerdpibule, V., Deesin, T., Surathin, K., Vutikes, S., and Punavuthi, N. | 1989 | A brief survey of phlebotomine sandflies in Thailand. | Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health | 20(3), 429-432. | Leishmaniasis | abstract | Medline | sandfly | L.1989.1 | ||||||||
| 36 | 41 | Dyce, A.L., and Wellings, G. | 1991 | Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera:Psychodidae) from caves in Australia | Parasitologia | 33 Suppl, 193-198 | Leishmaniasis | abstract | Medline | L.1991.1 | |||||||||
| 37 | 14 | Sang, D.K., Okelo, G.B., and Chance, M.L. | 1993 | Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania aethiopica on Mount Elgon, Kenya | Annals of Tropical medicine and Parasitology | 87(4), 349-357. | Leishmaniasis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | Hyrax | phebotomine sandfly | L.1993.1 | ||||||
| 38 | 15 | Sang, D.K. and Chance, M.L. | 1993 | Studies on the Phelbotomine fauna of Mount Elgon, Kenya | Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 87(5),509-515. | Leishmaniasis | research joiurnal | peer reviewed | medline,text | phlebotomine sandfly | L.1993.2 | |||||||
| 39 | 42 | Sang, D.K., Okelo, G.B., Ndegwa, C.W., and Ashford, R.W. | 1993 | New foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Kenya and the Rift Valley | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 87(6), 629-632 | Leishmaniasis | abstract | Medline | sandfly | L.1993.3 | ||||||||
| 40 | 43 | Sang, D.K., Njeru, W.K., and Ashford, R.W. | 1994 | A zoonotic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropic at Utut, Rift valley Province, Kenya | Transactions of Royal Society on Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 88(1), 35-37. | Leishmaniasis | abstract | Medline | sandfly | L.1994.1 | ||||||||
| 41 | 44 | Jin, C., Xiong, G., Hong, Y., Su, Z., Li, G., and Gao, B. | 1995 | Studies on the bionomics of Phlebotomous chinensis in mountain cave and its relation to control in northern Sichuan | Chung Kuo Chi Sheng Chung Hsueh Yu Chi Sheng Chung Ping Tsa Chih | 13(4), 273-276. | Leishmaniasis | abstract | Chinese | Medline | sandfly | L.1995.1 | |||||||
| 42 | 17 | Gebre-Michael, T. and Lane, R.P. | 1996 | A new sandfly species,Phlebotomus (Larroussius) ashfordi (Diptera,Psychodidae) from Ethiopia, previously confused with P.(L.) aculeatus. | Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 90(5), 523-531. | Leishmaniasis | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline,text | phlebotomine sandfly | L.1996.1 | |||||||
| 43 | 19 | Stark, H.E. and Kinney, A.R. | 1969 | Abundance of rodents and fleas as related to plague in Lava Beds National Monument, California | Journal of Medical Entomology | 6(3), 287-294 | Plague | research journal | peer reviewed | text | wood rat, rodents | flea | P.1969.1 | ||||||
| 44 | 18 | Nelson, B.C. and Smith, C.R. | 1976 | Ecological effects of a plague epizootic on the activities of rodents inhabiting caves at Lava Beds national Monument, California | Journal of Medical Entomology | 13(1), 51-61 | Plague | research journal | peer reviewed | text | wood rat, rodents | flea | P.1976.1 | ||||||
| 45 | 52 | Brown, R.C. | 1971 | Pre-exposure rabies prophlaxis in amateur spelunkers. | Journal of the American College Health Association | 20(2),132-134. | Rabies | Citation | no | R.1971.1 | |||||||||
| 46 | 4 | Fischman, H.R. | 1976 | Consideration of an association between geographic distribution of caves and occurrence of rabies in foxes. | Journal of the American Veterenary Medicine Associationi | 169(11), 1207-1213. | Rabies | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | foxes | aerosol, food, bats | R.1976.1 | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | Fischman, H.R. and Young, G.S. | 1976 | An association between the occurrence of fox rabies and the presence of caves. Geographic relationships. | American Journal of Epidemiology | 104(6),593-601. | Rabies | research journal | peer reviewed | no | foxes | aerosol, food, bats | R.1976.2 | ||||||
| 48 | 29 | Steece,R. and Altenbach, J.S. | 1989 | Prevalence of rabies specific antibodies in the Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) at Lava Cave, New Mexico. | Journal of Wildlife Diseases | 25,490-96. | Rabies | research journal | peer reviewed | text | bats | bite, aerosol, food | R.1989.1 | ||||||
| 49 | 5 | Dutta, J.K., Dutta, T.K. and Das, A.K. | 1992 | Human rabies: modes of transmission | Journal of the Association of Physicians of India | 40(5), 322-324. | Rabies | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, Text | bats | aerosol, bite | R.1992.1 | ||||||
| 50 | 31 | Francis,E. | 1938 | Longevity of the tick Ornithodorus turicata and of Spirochaeta recurrentis within this tick | Public Health Reports | 53, 2220-2247. | Relapsin fever | research journal | peer reviewed | no | ticks studied were collected from caves | tick | tick | RF.1938.1 | |||||
| 51 | 30 | Eads, R.B., Henderson, H.E., McGregor, T., and Irons, J,V. | 1950 | Relapsin fever in Texas:distribution of laboratory confirmed cases and the arthropod reservoirs. | American Journal of Tropical Medicine | 30,73-76. | Relapsing fever | research journal | peer reviewed | text | bat, pack rat, prairie dog, rodents, domestics | tick | RF.1950.1 | ||||||
| 52 | 27 | Eads, R.B. | 1952 | Ticks and relapsing fever | Texas Health Bulletin | 5(8),18-22. | Relapsing fever | research journal | no | small mammals | ticks | RF.1952.1 | |||||||
| 53 | 28 | Eads, R.B. | 1952 | Ticks and relapsing fever | Texas Health Bulletin | 5(8),18-22. | Typhus | research journal | no | small mammals | louse,flea | RF.1952.1 | article is mainly about relapsing fever, typhus is mentioned secondarily | ||||||
| 54 | 32 | Reddell, J.R. | 1988 | Relapsing fever in Texas caves | The Texas caver | Dec 1988, 125;133. | Relapsing fever | newsletter | goats, raccoons | ticks | RF.1988.1 | article in hand is poor quality | |||||||
| 55 | 20 | Engel, T. | 1997 | Coon Crap | Caver's Digest | 5512, Topic 10 | Raccoon Roundworm | newsletter | raccoon | feces | RR.1997.1 | response to inquiry about raccoon roundworm hazard | |||||||
| 56 | 24 | de la Cruz, J., and Daniel, M. | 1994 | Chigger mites(Acarina:Leeuwenhoekiidae) from Cuba | Folia Parasitologica | 41,71-74 | Chigger bite alergy, Scrub typhus | research journal | peer reviewed | Medline, text | bats,guano | chigger mite | chigger mites,Acarina, Leeuwenhoekiidae, bats, Cuba | ST.1994.1 | article makes no connection to disease. However, mites are known to carry disease. | ||||
| 57 | Jasek, J. | 1957 | A case of relapsing fever. | The Texas caver | 2(1),11. | Relapsing fever | newsletter | ticks | RF.1957.1 | This is a very brief case report with little detail. | |||||||||
| 58 | Miki, T. and Ikeya, M. | 1980 | Accumulation of atmospheric radon in calcite caves. | Health Physics | 39(2),351-354. | Radon exposure | Citation | no | RA.1980.1 | ||||||||||
| 59 | Kobal, I. Smodis, B. and Skofljanec, M. | 1986 | Radon-222 air concentrations in the Slovenian karst caves of Yugoslavia. | Health Physics | 50(6), 830-834. | Radon exposure | Citation | no | RA.1986.1 | ||||||||||
| 60 | Kobal, I., Smodis, B., Burger, J. and Skofljanec, M. | 1987 | Atmospheric 222Rn in tourist caves of Slovenia, Yugoslavia. | Health Physics | 52(4), 473-479. | Radon exposure | Abstract | Medline | RA.1987.1 | ||||||||||
| 61 | Hyland, R. and Gunn, J. | 1994 | International comparison of cave radon concentrations identifying the potential alpha radiation risks to British cave users | Health Physics | 67(2), 176-179. | Radon exposure | Abstract | Medline | RA.1994.1 | ||||||||||
| 62 | Szerbin, P. | 1996 | Radon concentrations and exposure levels in Hungarian caves. | Health Physics | 71(3), 362-369. | Radon exposure | Abstract | Medline | RA.1996.1 | ||||||||||
| 63 | Fincham, A.G. | 1978 | Histoplasmosis in Jamaican Caves | Transactions of the British Cave Research Association | 5,225-228. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | text | H.1978.2 | A.G. Fincham | ||||||||
| 64 | Fincham, A.G. and DeCeulaer, K. | 1980 | Histoplasmin sensitivity among cavers in Jamaica | West Indian Medical Journal | 29,22-27. | Histoplasmosis | research journal | peer reviewed | text | H.1980.1 | A.G. Fincham | ||||||||
| 65 | Fincham, A.G. | 1998 | A word about histoplasmosis | Jamaica Underground. The caves, sinkholes and underground rivers of the island. 2nd ed. | University of West Indies Press | Histoplasmosis | Portion of book chapter | H.1998.1 | A.G. Fincham | ||||||||||
| 66 | Washburn, A.H., Tuohy, J.H., and Davis, E.L. | 1948 | Cave sickness: a new disease entity? | American Journal of Public Health | 38, 1521-1526. | Histoplasmosis | Citation |