The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Jun., 1927), pp. 629-633 (5 pages) The results obtained indicate that the growth of coccidiodes immitis in liquid mediums liberates a soluble ...
Fungal infections, as is shown in the popular OTT series 'The Last of Us', are now emerging as a new global health crisis. According to reports, a dangerous fungal infection called Coccidioides — or ...
Valley fever has been the focus of new research that describes a promising strategy known as immunosignaturing, which can provide clinicians with an accurate identification of valley fever, a ...
Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to facilitate genetic transformation of Coccidioides immitis. A gene cassette containing the gene encoding hygromycin phosphotransferase (hph) was cloned into a ...
California health officials are warning about a surge in a potentially deadly fungal infection. The state is reporting 6,761 cases of valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, through July this ...
The risk of valley fever is likely to increase as the fungus that causes it moves north and east with climate change. (courtesy Morgan Gorris) An infectious disease that impacts major agricultural ...
Valley fever or coccidioidomycosis is an initial form of infection that occurs by breathing the microscopic spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis from the air. The fungus enters the body through ...
Discover the risk of valley fever infection in archaeology; a haunting link to the Coccidioides immitis fungus in California's soil. This past June a federal judge ordered the relocation of thousands ...
Background. A 50-year-old man presented with a 2–3 month history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, right periorbital headache, blurry vision, tinnitus, polydipsia, right elbow pain, and a 32 kg ...