An Epidemic of Coccidioidomycosis Probably Related to Soil

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DISCUSSING the incidence of coccidioidomycosis, Smith et al.1 stated that "for lifetime residents of an endemic area it is immaterial whether infections occur at a rate of 25 per cent or 8 per cent per year." Using modern means of transportation, however, the American population has become increasingly mobile. Each year more people move to, from and through areas endemic for coccidioidomycosis. The magnitude of this population shift may be seen from cases of serologically proved coccidioidomycosis catalogued at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research between 1951 and 1958. Of 337 serums with evidence of active coccidioidal infection, 60 per . . .

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