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It is commonly known as cocci, [4] Valley fever, [4] as well as California fever, [5] desert rheumatism, [5] or San Joaquin Valley fever. [5] Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in certain parts of the United States in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and northern Mexico. [6]
Coccidioides posadasii is a pathogenic fungus that, along with Coccidioides immitis, is the causative agent of coccidioidomycosis, [1] or valley fever in humans.It resides in the soil in certain parts of the Southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and some other areas in the Americas, but its evolution was connected to its animal hosts.
The disease is called Valley fever because it was first discovered in the San Joaquin Valley, which is in the southern half of California's Central Valley.
Coccidioides is a genus of dimorphic ascomycetes in the family Onygenaceae.Member species are the cause of coccidioidomycosis, also known as San Joaquin Valley fever, an infectious fungal disease largely confined to the Western Hemisphere and endemic in the Southwestern United States. [2]
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C. immitis can cause a disease called coccidioidomycosis (valley fever). [8] [9] [10] Its incubation period varies from 7 to 21 days. [11] Coccidioidomycosis is not easily diagnosed on the basis of vital signs and symptoms, which are usually vague and nonspecific.
Cases of Valley fever, a fungal infection, have been climbing in California in recent years. Fourteen cases identified among people who attended or worked at a music festival in the state are an ...