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The fungus that causes Valley fever lives in the soil in the southwestern United States, south-central Washington State, and parts of Mexico and Central and South America. The maps on this page show the following topics: Approximate areas where we know or suspect the fungus lives. Places where Valley fever outbreaks have happened.
Most people (about 6 in 10) infected with Valley fever have no symptoms, and their bodies will fight off the infection naturally. People who do get sick usually develop symptoms 1−3 weeks after breathing in the fungus. Valley fever usually infects the lungs, and some people can develop respiratory symptoms or pneumonia (a lung infection).
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Valley Fever. This dashboard provides an overview of surveillance data for Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis or “cocci”) in California from 2001–2022. For an overview of data inclusion/exclusion criteria for this dashboard, please see the Technical Notes. For additional surveillance reports and epidemiologic summaries of Valley fever in ...
By 1900 coccidioidomycosis was established as a fungal disease. After an outbreak in the 1930’s in the San Joaquin Valley of California, this disease was given its nickname “San Joaquin Valley Fever,” often shortened further to “Valley Fever.”. The disease threatened national security during World War II when thousands of American ...
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The map below shows the rates (or number of cases per 100,000 people) of reported Valley fever cases by county in California from 2014 to 2018. From 20 00-2018: The California Southern San Joaquin (Central) Valley region had the highest rates of Valley fever.
Sep 15, 2022 · Author summary Our analysis of the last 40 years of reported Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in California included cases that met specific inclusion criteria which highlighted new information. First, there are two distinct epidemiologic patterns which are illustrated with detailed descriptions of two fatal cases. The typical sylvatic cycle involves transmission by Dermacentor spp. ticks ...
