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This map shows the locations of 40 Valley fever outbreaks that happened during 1940–2015. 7 Some of these outbreaks happened in places where scientists did not expect the fungus to live. Investigating Valley fever outbreaks helps public health officials understand:
Total Cases: A total of 9,004 new Valley fever cases were reported in 2019. This is the highest number of cases reported in a given year in California since individual cases became reportable in 1995. Rate: The rate of Valley fever in 2019 was about 23 cases per 100,000 people, which is 18% higher than in 2018, when the rate was 19 cases per ...
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Oct 10, 2020 · To assess Valley fever awareness, 3,485 California residents in the February 2016–February 2017 BRFSS survey were asked three Valley fever questions. Respondents were excluded from all analyses if sex, age, or race/ethnicity data were missing. Additional respondents were excluded from analyses of individual questions if they replied, “Don ...
- Glorietta Hurd-Kundeti, Gail L Sondermeyer Cooksey, Seema Jain, Duc J Vugia
- 2020
Sep 15, 2022 · Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a life-threatening tick-borne disease documented in North, Central, and South America. In California, RMSF is rare; nonetheless, recent fatal cases highlight ecological cycles of the two genera of ticks, Dermacentor and Rhipicephalus, known to transmit the disease. These ticks occur in completely different ...
- 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010738
- 2022/09
Cheyenne died on Friday 13 April 2018, just days shy of her 27th birthday. The incidence of Valley Fever – known scientifically as Coccidioidomycosis, and colloquially as “Cocci” – has ...
Oct 19, 2023 · Fanned by the Santa Ana winds in the south and the Diablo winds in the north, California wildfires killed 40 people, burned over a million acres, and caused one billion dollars in losses in 2017. This infographic shows the destruction caused by the 2017 California wildfires. Have students look at the map of California and ask them if they see ...
In Kern County, the first case recognized and reported occurred in August, 1901. Kern’s first case occurred in a 19-year-old man who worked as a canner and had been a resident for only 12 days. Since the first case of Valley Fever was described in Kern County in 1901, the local health department, healthcare providers, and others have ...
