Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, September 2019 / Vol. 68 / No. SS-7

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• Alternative Title:
  Surveillance for Coccidioidomycosis — United States, 2011–2017
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Benedict, Kaitlin ; McCotter, Orion ; Brady, Shane ; Komatsu, Kenneth ; Sondermeyer Cooksey, Gail L. ; Nguyen, Alyssa; ; Jain, Seem ; Vugia, Duc J. ; Jackson, Brendan R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases ; Arizona. Department of Health Services ; California. Department of Health Services. Division of Communicable Disease Control
• Description:
  Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) is an infection caused by the environmental fungus Coccidioides spp., which typically causes respiratory illness but also can lead to disseminated disease. This fungus typically lives in soils in warm, arid regions, including the southwestern United States. Coccidioidomycosis has been nationally notifiable since 1995 and is reportable in 26 states and the District of Columbia (DC), where laboratories and physicians notify local and state public health departments about possible
  
  coccidioidomycosis cases. Health department staff determine which cases qualify as confirmed cases according to the definition established by Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and voluntarily submit basic case information to CDC through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. Coccidioidomycosis remains an important national public health problem with a well-established geographic focus. The reasons for the changing trends in reported cases are unclear but might include environmental factors (e.g., temperature and precipitation), surveillance artifacts, land use changes, and changes in the population at risk for the infection.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Age Distribution Child Child, Preschool Coccidioidomycosis / Epidemiology Coccidioidomycosis / Ethnology Ethnicity / Statistics & Numerical Data Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance Seasons Sex Distribution Young Adult

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2019; v. 68, no. 7
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81522/cdc_81522_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.15 MB ]