The public health impact of coccidioidomycosis in Arizona and California.

Richard F. Hector; George W. Rutherford; Clarisse A. Tsang; Laura M. Erhart; Orion McCotter; Shoana M. Anderson; Kenneth Komatsu; Farzaneh Tabnak; Duc J. Vugia; Ying Yang; John N. Galgiani

doi:10.3390/ijerph8041150

The public health impact of coccidioidomycosis in Arizona and California.

Richard F. Hector, George W. Rutherford, Clarisse A. Tsang, Laura M. Erhart, Orion McCotter, Shoana M. Anderson, Kenneth Komatsu, Farzaneh Tabnak, Duc J. Vugia, Ying Yang, John N. Galgiani

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The numbers of reported cases of coccidioidomycosis in Arizona and California have risen dramatically over the past decade, with a 97.8% and 91.1% increase in incidence rates from 2001 to 2006 in the two states, respectively. Of those cases with reported race/ethnicity information, Black/African Americans in Arizona and Hispanics and African/Americans in California experienced a disproportionately higher frequency of disease compared to other racial/ethnic groups. Lack of early diagnosis continues to be a problem, particularly in suspect community-acquired pneumonia, underscoring the need for more rapid and sensitive tests. Similarly, the inability of currently available therapeutics to reduce the duration and morbidity of this disease underscores the need for improved therapeutics and a preventive vaccine.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1150-1173
Number of pages	24
Journal	International journal of environmental research and public health
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8041150
State	Published - Apr 2011

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