The normal variety is the causative agent of classic histoplasmosis; " Histoplasma capsulatum " var . " duboisii " causes African histoplasmosis; and " Histoplasma capsulatum " var . " farciminosum " causes epizootic lymphangitis in horses.
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Pine, a biochemist and medical mycologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for more than 30 years, published more than 140 scientific papers on toxic shock syndrome, Listeria bacteria, the disease-causing fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and other subjects.
