Coccidioidomycosis incidence in Arizona predicted by seasonal precipitation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Tamerius, James D ^a   Comrie, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; CLIMATE;

PIMA;

ARIZONA; CLIMATE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 79959318676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021009     Document Type: Article

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