San Joaquin Valley Fever

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Also known as San Joaquin Valley Fever or Valley Fever, Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious illness caused by breathing in spores from the fungus Cocciodioides immitis which exists in the soil of certain arid parts of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central and South America.

In the U.S., it was first discovered and very prevalent in the California's San Joaquin Valley, hence its more popular name, San Joaquin Fever or Valley Fever.

Coccidioidomycosis occurs in a primary and in a...

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