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 ...

More than 500,000 Americans could be sickened each year by Valley fever, the disease caused by breathing in the fungus Coccidioides, according to preliminary estimates developed by the Centers for ...

If you live in the southwestern U.S., you have probably heard of valley fever. This respiratory infection affects thousands of people per year. The fungus that causes valley fever in humans can also ...

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 ...

Of the roughly 150,000 recognized fungal species, and perhaps the several million not yet identified, few cause disease in humans, 1 fewer do so in persons not overtly immunosuppressed, and only a ...

Valley fever is caused by the fungus Coccidioides, and usually refers to a medical condition in which the fungus enters the lungs. This fungus lives in dust and soil and has been found in southwestern ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. A flesh-eating fungus is expanding its range in the American West – and ...

Inadvertent exposure to Coccidioides species by laboratory staff and others as a result of a mishap is not an uncommon cause of infection in clinical microbiology laboratories. These types of ...

When Tim Gulley moved to Bakersfield, California in the late 90s, his dad would order him inside when wind kicked up dust from the area’s vast agricultural lands. “Valley fever,” officially known as ...

A short historical sketch of the life cycle of Coccidioides immitis was given. A hanging block preparation showed that it took about seven to ten days for the mycelium to form into spherical or almost ...