Friday, 19 April 2019

PRO/EDR> Coccidioidomycosis - USA (02): ex Mexico, volunteer construction service, 2018

Valley Fever -- United States
1. Toda M, Gonzalez FJ, Fonseca-Ford M, et al. Notes from the field: Multistate coccidioidomycosis outbreak in U.S. residents returning from community service trips to Baja California, Mexico -- July-August 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019; 68:332-333; .]
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ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts

[Coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as valley fever, is a fungal disease caused by inhalation of spores of _Coccidioides immitis_ or _C. posadasii_, dimorphic saprophytic fungi

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6430199&promed&0

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