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Journal of Central Nervous System Disease, 2021 Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii . The most severe disseminated coccidioidomycosis results in meningoencephalitis.
Jeremy Shi BS, MPH +2 more
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Coccidioidomycosis Granulomas Informed by Other Diseases: Advancements, Gaps, and Challenges
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Valley fever is a respiratory disease caused by a soil fungus, Coccidioides, that is inhaled upon soil disruption. One mechanism by which the host immune system attempts to control and eliminate Coccidioides is through granuloma formation.
Nadia Miranda, Katrina K. Hoyer
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 At present, there is no standardized marker that is routinely used in clinical laboratories to diagnose coccidioidomycosis. Thus, the goals of this study were to obtain a sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker for the identification of ...
María del Rocío Reyes-Montes +4 more
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Clinical performance of a point‐of‐care Coccidioides antibody test in dogs
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2021 Background Point‐of‐care (POC) Coccidioides antibody assays may provide veterinarians with rapid and accurate diagnostic information. Objectives To determine the agreement of a POC lateral flow assay (LFA), sona Coccidioides (IMMY, Norman, Oklahoma) with
Krystle L. Reagan +3 more
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Comparative transcriptomics of the saprobic and parasitic growth phases in Coccidioides spp. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii, the causative agents of coccidioidomycosis, are dimorphic fungal pathogens, which grow as hyphae in the saprobic phase in the environment and as spherules in the parasitic phase in the mammalian host. In this study,
Emily Whiston +5 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2022 Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii are causative agents of coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as Valley Fever. The increasing Valley Fever cases in the past decades, the expansion of endemic regions, and the rising azole drug-resistant ...
Hong Cai +4 more
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Immune Response to Coccidioidomycosis and the Development of a Vaccine
Microorganisms, 2017 Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides posadasii and Coccidioides immitis. It is estimated that 150,000 new infections occur in the United States each year.
Natalia Castro-Lopez, Chiung-Yu Hung
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Journal of FungiCoccidiomycosis is a potentially life-threatening fungal infection endemic to certain regions of Argentina. The infection is caused by Coccidioides spp. and is primarily diagnosed by Coccidioides antibody (Ab) detection.
Mariana N. Viale +7 more
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