Valley fever: finding new places for an old disease: Coccidioides immitis found in Washington State soil associated with recent human infection.
Clin Infect Dis
; 60(1): e1-3, 2015 Jan 01.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25165087
ABSTRACT
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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Assunto principal:
Microbiologia do Solo
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Coccidioides
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Coccidioidomicose
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Doenças Endêmicas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article