An epidemic of coccidioidomycosis in Arizona associated with climatic changes, 1998-2001

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1981-1987

  Park, Benjamin J ^a,h   Sigel, Keith ^a,f   Vaz, Victorio ^b   Komatsu, Ken ^b   McRill, Cheryl ^b   Phelan, Maureen ^a,g   Colman, Timothy ^b   Comrie, Andrew C ^c   Warnock, David W ^a   Galgiani, John N ^d,e   Hajjeh, Rana A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLIMATE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARIZONA; CLIMATE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS;

EID: 21044434628     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430092     Document Type: Article

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