A coccidioidomycosis outbreak following the Northridge, Calif, earthquake

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 904-908

  Schneider, Eileen ^a,e   Hajjeh, Rana A ^b   Spiegel, Richard A ^b   Jibson, Randall W ^c   Harp, Edwin L ^c   Marshall, Grant A ^d,l   Gunn, Robert A ^e   McNeil, Michael M ^b   Pinner, Robert W ^b   Baron, Roy C ^f   Burger, Ronald C ^g   Hutwagner, Lori C ^b   Crump, Casey ^f,m   Kaufman, Leo ^b   Reef, Susan E ^b,k   Feldman, Gary M ^h   Pappagianis, Demosthenes ⁱ   Werner, S Benson ^j  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^f Department of the Interior ^*  (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h Health Office   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^k CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^l TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8044226589     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.11.904     Document Type: Article

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