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350 MYCOSESHodges, R.T., J.T.S. Holland, F.J.A. Neilson, N.M. Wallace. Prototheca zopfii mastitis in aherd of dairy cows. N Z Vet J 33:108–111, 1985.Jones, J.W., H.W. McFadden, F.W. Chandler, W. Kaplan, D.H. Conner. Green algal infectionin a human. Am J Clin Pathol 80:102–107, 1983.Kaplan, W. Protothecosis and infections caused by morphologically similar green algae. In:Pan American Health Organization. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conferenceon Mycoses: The Black and White Yeasts. Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 1978. (ScientificPublication 356).Kaplan, W., F.W. Chandler, C. Choudary, P.K. Ramachandran. Disseminated unicellulargreen algal infection in two sheep in India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 32:405–411, 1983.Mayberry, D. Colorless alga can pollute water, cause mastitis. Agri Res March: 4–5, 1984.Cited in: Pore, R.S., et al. Occurrence of Prototheca zopfii, a mastitis pathogen, in milk. VetMicrobiol 15:315–323, 1987.McDonald, J.S., J.L. Richard, N.F. Cheville. Natural and experimental bovine intramammaryinfection with Prototheca zopfii. Am J Vet Res 45:592–595, 1984.Pore, R.S., T.A. Shahan, M.D. Pore, R. Blauwiekel. Occurrence of Prototheca zopfii,a mastitispathogen, in milk. Vet Microbiol 15:315–323, 1987.Rogers, R.J., M.D. Connole, J. Norton, A. Thomas, P.W. Ladds, J. Dickson. Lymphadenitisof cattle due to infection with green algae. J Comp Pathol 90:1–9, 1980.RHINOSPORIDIOSISICD-10 B48.1Etiology: Rhinosporidium seeberi, a fungus that in tissue forms sporangia containinga large number of sporangiospores. Its environmental habitat is unknown andits taxonomy uncertain.Geographic Distribution: The disease has been confirmed in the Americas, Asia(endemic zones in India and Sri Lanka), Africa, Europe, Australia, and NewZealand.Occurrence in Man and Animals: The disease is rare throughout the world. Upto 1970, data from Latin America show 108 cases in humans. Most occurred inParaguay (56), Brazil (13), and Venezuela (13) (Mayorga, 1970). According to morerecent data, more than 50 cases have occurred in Venezuela, mainly in the states ofBarinas and Portuguesa. In addition to the Latin American countries already cited,the disease has been confirmed in Argentina and Cuba. In the United States, some30 cases have been recorded, primarily in the south. Five cases have been reportedin Trinidad (Raju and Jamalabadi, 1983), four of them affecting the conjunctiva.Most of the cases in Africa were recorded in Uganda. A retrospective study(1948–1986) of 91,000 biopsies was conducted at the Central Hospital of Maputo,Mozambique; rhinosporidiosis was diagnosed in 33 (0.036%) (Moreira Díaz et al.,1989). Some 1,000 cases have occurred in India and Sri Lanka, and 72 occurred inIran over a 30-year period.