[meteorite-list] Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) (Includes Online Map)

From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:59:06 -0700
Message-ID: <SNT117-W62C4ADD87526E22FB49F0FD29D0_at_phx.gbl>

I live in Bakersfield and I know three people at work who have gotten it.

Very nasty stuff.

Greg S

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> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:52:24 -0700
> From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu
> To: oxytropidoceras at cox.net
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) (Includes Online Map)
>
> I was part of a test for a vaccine about 25 years ago (did not work). It
> is interesting that, if you live here or in the Mohave area and have a
> cough and fever, they will immediately test of Valley Fever (a skin test).
> However, a friend of mine, who lived in the LA area, had the symptoms and
> ended up in the hospital and nearly died before they realized he had been
> hiking in the San Jacquin Valley and had come down with Valley Fever.
>
> And, yes, it is also caught by dogs and very serious (not sure about cats).
>
> Larry
>
> > In ???Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) Mohave desert
> > risk for meteorite hunters and rockhounders et al??? at
> > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-September/087421.html
> > Dirk wrote:
> >
> > ???Ran across this tidbit about an unknown (to me)
> > RISK FACTOR while Mohave meteorite hunting (in a
> > article about fossil bugs):
> > http://inyo.coffeecup.com/site/barstowfossils/barstowfossils.html ???
> >
> > You are quite right, Valley / San Jaoquin Fever is a risk
> > factor for a lot of people who hunt for meteorites, rocks,
> > fossils, minerals, gold, and other stuff within the southwestern
> > United States. Areas in which it is a serious concern can
> > be seen in a map showing the distribution of valley fever can
> > be found at http://www.u.arizona.edu/~comrie/map_color.gif .
> > It is part of ???Andrew C. Comrie Recent & Ongoing Research
> > Projects??? at http://www.u.arizona.edu/~comrie/projects.htm .
> >
> > As people have noted in other posts, the inhabitants of
> > Tucson and Phoenix live and work in the middle of the
> > high risk area. However, valley fever in endemic to a good
> > chunk of Texas and parts of other states. Even outside of
> > the maps areas, i.e. Utah, it can be a concern.
> >
> > A nice, general discussion and overview of valley fever
> > for a person, who is not a trained in medicine, to read is:
> >
> > Fink, M. T., and K. K. Komatsu, 2001, The Fungus Among
> > Us: Coccidioidomycosis (???Valley Fever???) and Archaeologists.
> > in D. A. Poirier and K. L. Feder, eds., pp. 21 -30, Dangerous
> > places : health, safety, and archaeology. Bergin & Garvey,
> > Westport, Connecticut.
> > https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_2173414
> >
> > Although it is a risk to meteorite hunters and rockhounds,
> > archaeologists and paleontologists really have to be
> > careful about where they work within the southwestern
> > United States. For example, this paper notes that between
> > 1954 and 1978 there were 12 known outbreaks that
> > involved multiple people at archaeological and
> > paleontological excavations. Also, valley fever is a problem
> > at Sharktooth Hill, a popular place to dig for Middle
> > Miocene vertebrate fossils near Bakersfield, California.
> >
> > Some web pages about Coccidioidomycosis are:
> >
> > Coccidioidomycosis (Valley / San Jaoquin Fever), California
> > http://www.cdph.ca.gov/healthinfo/discond/Pages/Coccidioidomycosis.aspx
> > http://ehis.fullerton.edu/OHS/InjuryAndIllnessPrevention/ValleyFeverInformation.aspx
> >
> > Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), Arizona
> > http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/oids/epi/disease/cocci/
> >
> > Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever), Utah
> > http://health.utah.gov/epi/fact_sheets/cocci.html
> > http://health.utah.gov/epi/diseases/cocci/plan/Coccidioidomycosis%20Plan_03242011.pdf
> >
> > Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
> > http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/coccidioidomycosis/
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidioidomycosis
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Paul H.
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