1. Valley Fever Fever derives its name from its discovery in the San Joaquin Valley of California,where it was also referred to as san joaquin valley fever , desert fever http://vfce.arl.arizona.edu/ValleyFever/valley_fever.htm

Arizona Research Laboratories Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System University of Arizona Campaign Arizona ... Arizona Health Sciences Center What is Valley Fever? Valley Fever is primarily a disease of the lungs that is common in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is caused by the fungus Coccidioides immitis , which grows in soils in areas of low rainfall, high summer temperatures, and moderate winter temperatures. These fungal spores become airborne when the soil is disturbed by winds, construction, farming and other activities. In susceptible people and animals, infection occurs when a spore is inhaled. Within the lung, the spore changes into a larger, multicellular structure called a spherule. The spherule grows and bursts, releasing endospores which develop into spherules. Valley Fever symptoms generally occur within three weeks of exposure. Valley Fever is not a "contagious" disease, meaning it is not passed from person to person. Second infections are rare. DIAGRAM OF LIFE CYCLE Spherule form (top half) multiplies in the lungs; mycelia (bottom half) grow in the soil

2. Coccidioides Immitis, Cause Of Coccidioidomycosis, Aka Valley Fever, San Joaquin Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for January 2002. This month's fungus is Coccidioides immitis, cause of the fungal disease coccidioidomycosis, aka Valley Fever, san joaquin valley fever, desert bumps http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan2002.html

Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for January 2002 This month's fungus is Coccidioides immitis , cause of the fungal disease coccidioidomycosis, aka Valley Fever, San Joaquin Valley Fever, desert bumps, desert rheumatism or Posadas' disease For the rest of my pages on fungi, please click http://TomVolkFungi.net Coccidioides immitis (kok-sid-ee-OID-eez IMM-ih-tiss) is the cause of a nasty fungal disease called coccidioidomycosis (kok-sid-ee-oid-oh-my-KOH-sis). Like the other true-pathogenic, systemic human fungal diseases histoplasmosis blastomycosis , and paracoccidioidomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis starts out as a lung disease caused by inhalation of the conidia, shown to the left. Most often the disease causes mild flu-like symptoms, but usually is resolved in the lungs. This fungus is a dimorphic pathogen, which means it can change from the room-temperature hyphal form at to the body-temperature spherule form (shown to the right) containing endospores. These endospores can be transported by the bloodstream to other parts of the body, particularly to the brain and central nervous system, where they can germinate and grow to cause even more severe disease. The dimorphism helps the fungus to evade the immune system by the changing of the surface antigens of the fungus. The disease often begins as a benign, inapparent or mildly severe upper respiratory infection that usually resolves rapidly. Recovery from mild forms of the disease usually results in lifelong immunity to reinfection. However, if there are enough spores inhaled, or if the person's immune system is compromised in some way, the disease can spread to other parts of the body, Rarely the disease is an acute or chronic severe disseminating fatal mycosis. If infection is established, the disease may progress as a chronic pulmonary condition or as a systemic disease involving the meninges (lining of the brain), bones, joints, and subcutaneous and cutaneous tissues. Such involvement is characterized by the formation of burrowing abscesses. Although the symptoms of the disease are quite variable, but often the patient has an allergic reaction to the circulating fungus, producing reddening of the skin known as "desert bumps," shown to the left.

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8. San Joaquin Valley Disease - Medical Dictionary Definitions Of Popular Medical T The disease is also known by a number of other names including desert fever, Posadasdisease, San Joaquin fever, san joaquin valley fever, and valley fever. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15212

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13. Radio News Features: San Joaquin Valley Fever (part 1 Of 2): Who Is At Risk Radio News Feature san joaquin valley fever (part 1 of 2) Who Is at Risk. RobertSingleton, with UC Davis microbiology professor Demosthenes Pappagianis. http://radio.ucanr.org/radionews/2000/0221/cut07.html

February 21, 2000 Contact: Robert Singleton, (530) 757-8938, ersingleton@ucdavis.edu Radio News Feature San Joaquin Valley Fever (part 1 of 2): Who Is at Risk Robert Singleton, with UC Davis microbiology professor Demosthenes Pappagianis ANNOUNCER'S TAG: It's here. But a lot of people don't know it . . . until they get it. Robert Singleton has more from the University of California. Permission granted for rebroadcast of this piece, either edited or in its entirety. QuickTime or RealPlayer required Download Quicktime 4 Download RealPlayer 7 Listen and Download Listen (web-quality audio): Click a link below to play a web-quality file of the story. Running time: 3 minutes 3 seconds RealAudio QuickTime Download (broadcast-quality audio): To save a 22KHz 16-bit mono WAVE file of this story to your computer, PC users right-click the WAVE link below (Mac users click and hold) and then choose "Save Link As..." from the pop-up menu. Broadcast-quality WAVE (valleyfever1.wav, 7.7MB)

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15. Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis) Valley fever, also known as san joaquin valley fever or coccidioidomycosis,is an infection by the fungus Coccidioides immitus. http://www.ivillagehealth.com/experts/infectious/qas/0,,233641_128185,00.html

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17. DrWeil.com Question: What’s The Best Treatment For Valley Fever? It was discovered in the San Joaquin Valley of California and is also sometimescalled san joaquin valley fever, desert fever, or desert rheumatism http://www.drweil.com/app/cda/drw_cda.html-command=TodayQA-questionId=24520

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20. MDAdvice.com - Health Library - Pediatric Symptoms & Illnesses VALLEY FEVER (san joaquin valley fever; Coccidioidomycosis; Cocci ) MDAdvice.comHome Health Library Pediatric Symptoms and Illnesses . http://www.mdadvice.com/library/ped/pedillsymp451.html

HOME HEALTH LIBRARY AREAS ... ABOUT US VALLEY FEVER (San Joaquin Valley Fever; Coccidioidomycosis; ''Cocci'') MDAdvice.com Home Health Library Pediatric Symptoms and Illnesses GENERAL INFORMATION DESCRIPTION Valley fever is an infection caused by a fungus whose spores are found in soil. Valley fever is not contagious from person to person. The upper respiratory tract (including the nose, throat, sinuses, and trachea) and the lymph glands are involved. Appropriate health care includes: self-care after diagnosis; physician's monitoring of general condition and medications; hospitalization (severe cases only). The infection is usually so mild that it produces no symptoms. In a few cases your child's symptoms may be quite severe. They include cough; sore throat; chills and fever; headache; muscle aches; shortness of breath; skin rash; general ill feeling; depression; sweating at night; weight loss; stiff neck (sometimes). CAUSES Infection by the fungus, coccidioides immitis, which thrives in soil especially soil that lines rodent burrows. Susceptible persons become infected when they breathe the dust from such soil and the fungi lodge in the lungs. Incubation is 1 to 4 weeks after exposure.

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