Facts about valley fever

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
• Description:
  Valley fever, also called coccidioidomycosis, is an infection caused by the fungus Coccidioides. The fungus is known to live in the soil in the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico and Central and South America. The fungus has also been found in south-central Washington. People can get Valley fever by breathing in the microscopic fungal spores from the air in these areas.
  
  Approximately 10,000 Valley fever cases are reported in the U.S. each year. Nearly 70% of reported cases are from Arizona and nearly 30% are from California.
  
  CS258788
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  facts-about-valley-fever-508c.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coccidioidomycosis Community-Acquired Infections
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:68d31e9f9641d331b32f1300e92e50a57b17ed5838de5c9801049c8cf667f0b5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42274/cdc_42274_DS1.pdf
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