Coccidioidomycosis among Workers at an Archeological Site, Northeastern Utah

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Petersen, Lyle R. ; Marshall, Stacie L. ; Barton, Christine ; Hajjeh, Rana A. ; Lindsley, Mark D. ; Warnock, David W. ; Panackal, Anil A. ; Shaffer, Joseph B. ; Haddad, Maryam B. ; Fisher, Frederick S. ; Dennis, David T. ; Morgan, Juliette
• Description:
  In 2001, an outbreak of acute respiratory disease occurred among persons working at a Native American archeological site at Dinosaur National Monument in northeastern Utah. Epidemiologic and environmental investigations were undertaken to determine the cause of the outbreak. A clinical case was defined by the presence of at least two of the following symptoms: self-reported fever, shortness of breath, or cough. Ten workers met the clinical case definition; 9 had serologic confirmation of coccidioidomycosis, and 8 were hospitalized. All 10 were present during sifting of dirt through screens on June 19; symptoms began 9-12 days later (median 10). Coccidioidomycosis also developed in a worker at the site in September 2001. A serosurvey among 40 other Dinosaur National Monument workers did not find serologic evidence of recent infection. This outbreak documents a new endemic focus of coccidioidomycosis, which extends northward its known geographic distribution in Utah by approximately 200 miles.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Archaeology Cohort Studies Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Male Research
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(4):637-642.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Utah
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ae4c3f12e19002413a7e3b49472aa740106262e90a1a7cb8d238ee5774d89dc4
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7722/cdc_7722_DS1.pdf
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