Climate controls on valley fever incidence in Kern County, California

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 174-182

  Zender, Charles S ^a   Talamantes, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate and health; Coccidiodes immitis; Coccidiodomycosis; Modeling; Valley fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; WEATHER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; FUNGI;

EID: 29344437497     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-005-0007-6     Document Type: Article

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