| increase in coccidioidomycosis - california, 2000-2007. | coccidioidomycosis is an infection resulting from inhalation of airborne spores of coccidioides immitis or coccidioides posadasii, soil-dwelling fungi endemic to california's san joaquin valley; southern regions of arizona, utah, nevada, and new mexico; western texas; and regions of mexico and central and south america. of an estimated 150,000 new infections annually in the united states, approximately 60% are asymptomatic. patients with symptoms usually experience a self-limited influenza-like ... | 2009 | 19214158 |
| demonstration of coccidioides immitis and coccidioides posadasii dna in soil samples collected from dinosaur national monument, utah. | soil samples were collected in 2006 from dinosaur national monument (dnm), utah, the site of an outbreak of coccidioidomycosis in 2001. dna was isolated from two soil samples, and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) amplified coccidioides dna present in both samples. ribosomal rna genes and internal transcribed spacer (its) region pcr products were sequenced. single-nucleotide polymorphisms indicated that the dna from sample ss06rh was that of coccidioides immitis, while the dna from sample ss06um w ... | 2014 | 24847036 |