Climate controls on valley fever incidence in Kern County, California
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Climate controls on valley fever incidence in Kern County, California.
Coccidiodomycosis (valley fever) is a systemic infection caused by inhalation of airborne spores from Coccidioides immitis, a soil-dwelling fungus found in the southwestern United States, parts of Mexico, and Central and South America. Dust storms help disperse C. immitis so risk factors for valley fever include conditions favorable for fungal growth (moist, warm soil) and for aeolian soil eros...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biometeorology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0020-7128,1432-1254
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-005-0007-6