Coccidioidomycosis Seroincidence and Risk among Military Personnel, Naval Air Station Lemoore, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA1

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ellis, Graham C. ; Lanteri, Charlotte A. ; Hsieh, Hsing-Chuan ; Graf, Paul C.F. ; Pineda, Gabriel ; Crum-Cianflone, Nancy F. ; Berjohn, Catherine M. ; Sanders, Terrel ; Maves, Ryan C. ; Deiss, Robert
• Description:
  We conducted a retrospective cohort study that tested 2,000 US military personnel for Coccidioides antibodies in a disease-endemic region. The overall incidence of seroconversion was 0.5 cases/100 person-years; 12.5% of persons who seroconverted had illnesses requiring medical care. No significant association was found between demographic characteristics and seroconversion or disease.
• Subjects:
  Coccidioidomycosis Humans Incidence Military Personnel Retrospective Studies
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(9):1842-1846
• Pubmed ID:
  35997543
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9423930
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Naval Air Station Lemoore ; Naval Air Station Lemoore
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:14d51fbd37841b71d04c9e74c45d13958ce8b1a3c0b0e61a654a14f34731edfc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121058/cdc_121058_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 463.38 KB ]