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DOI	10.3390/ijerph17155285
	Valley Fever: Environmental Risk Factors and Exposure Pathways Deduced from Field Measurements in California
	Lauer, Antje; Etyemezian, Vicken; Nikolich, George; Kloock, Carl; Arzate, Angel Franco; Sadiq Batcha, Fazalath; Kaur, Manpreet; Garcia, Eduardo; Mander, Jasleen; Kayes Passaglia, Alyce
通讯作者	Lauer, A
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
EISSN	1660-4601
出版年	2020
卷号	17 期号:15
英文摘要	Coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, has been reported among military personnel inCoccidioides-endemic areas of the southwestern United States since World War II. In this study, the prevalence ofCoccidioideswas confirmed in different soil and dust samples collected near three military bases in California using DNA extraction and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) methods. Analyses of physical and chemical parameters revealed no significant differences betweenCoccidioides-positive and -negative sites. Soil samples collected in the Mojave Desert (near Twentynine Palms MCAGCC) showed the highest percentage ofCoccidioides-positive soil and dust samples. Samples from the San Joaquin Valley (near NAS Lemoore) showed the lowest percentage of positive samples and were restricted to remnants of semi-natural areas between agricultural fields. Our results suggest that soil disturbance around all three military bases investigated poses a potentialCoccidioidesexposure risk for military personnel and the public. We conclude that once lands have been severely disturbed from their original state, they become less suitable forCoccidioidesgrowth. We propose a conceptual framework for understanding exposure where disturbance of soils that exhibit natural or remnants of native vegetation (Creosote and Salt Bush) generate a high risk of exposure to the pathogen, likely during dry periods. In contrast,Coccidioides-positive sites, when undisturbed, will not pose a high risk of exposure.
英文关键词	Coccidioides coccidioidomycosis dust exposure fungus health hazard military Mojave Desert pathogen PM10 soil Valley fever
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000568613000001
WOS关键词	IMMITIS-ENDEMIC AREA ; UNITED-STATES-NAVY ; COCCIDIOIDES-IMMITIS ; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY ; OCCUPATIONAL COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS ; MOJAVE DESERT ; WIND EROSION ; SOIL CRUSTS ; US MILITARY ; DUST
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/326200
作者单位	[Lauer, Antje; Kloock, Carl; Arzate, Angel Franco; Sadiq Batcha, Fazalath; Kaur, Manpreet; Garcia, Eduardo; Mander, Jasleen; Kayes Passaglia, Alyce] Calif State Univ Bakersfield CSUB, Dept Biol, Bakersfield, CA 93311 USA; [Etyemezian, Vicken; Nikolich, George] Desert Res Inst DRI, Las Vegas, NV 89119 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lauer, Antje,Etyemezian, Vicken,Nikolich, George,et al. Valley Fever: Environmental Risk Factors and Exposure Pathways Deduced from Field Measurements in California[J],2020,17(15).
APA	Lauer, Antje.,Etyemezian, Vicken.,Nikolich, George.,Kloock, Carl.,Arzate, Angel Franco.,...&Kayes Passaglia, Alyce.(2020).Valley Fever: Environmental Risk Factors and Exposure Pathways Deduced from Field Measurements in California.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,17(15).
MLA	Lauer, Antje,et al."Valley Fever: Environmental Risk Factors and Exposure Pathways Deduced from Field Measurements in California".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 17.15(2020).