From soil to clinic: current advances in understanding
Coccidioides
and coccidioidomycosis
Katrina M. Jackson,
Marcus de Melo Teixeira,
Bridget M. Barker
Abstract:SUMMARY
Coccidioides immitis
and
Coccidioides posadasii
are fungal pathogens that cause systemic mycoses and are prevalent in arid regions in the Americas. While
C. immitis
mainly occurs in California and Washington,
C. posadasii
is widely distributed across North and South America. Both species induce coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin Valley fever or, more commonly, Valley fever), with reported cases surgi… Show more
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