Valley Fever: Finding New Places for an Old Disease: Coccidioides immitis Found in Washington State Soil Associated With Recent Human Infection | Zendy

Anastasia P. Litvintseva | Zendy; Nicola Marsden-Haug | Zendy; Steven F. Hurst | Zendy; Heather Hill | Zendy; Lalitha Gade | Zendy; Elizabeth M. Driebe | Zendy; C Ralston | Zendy; Chandler C. Roe | Zendy; Bridget M. Barker | Zendy; Marcia Goldoft | Zendy; Paul Keim | Zendy; Ron Wohrle | Zendy; George R. Thompson | Zendy; David M. Engelthaler | Zendy; Mary E. Brandt | Zendy; Tom Chiller | Zendy

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Valley Fever: Finding New Places for an Old Disease: Coccidioides immitis Found in Washington State Soil Associated With Recent Human Infection

Author(s) -

Anastasia P. Litvintseva,

Nicola Marsden-Haug,

Steven F. Hurst,

Heather Hill,

Lalitha Gade,

Elizabeth M. Driebe,

C Ralston,

Chandler C. Roe,

Bridget M. Barker,

Marcia Goldoft,

Paul Keim,

Ron Wohrle,

George R. Thompson,

David M. Engelthaler,

Mary E. Brandt,

Tom Chiller

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu681

Subject(s) - coccidioides immitis , medicine , coccidioides , disease , virology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , dermatology

We used real-time polymerase chain reaction and culture to demonstrate persistent colonization of soils by Coccidioides immitis, an agent of valley fever, in Washington State linked to recent human infections and located outside the endemic range. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed genetic identity between isolates from soil and one of the case-patients.

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