Dust in the Critical Zone: North American case studies

J Brahney, RC Heindel, TE Gill, G Carling… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The dust cycle facilitates the exchange of particles among Earth's major systems, enabling
dust to traverse ecosystems, cross geographic boundaries, and even move uphill against …

The dog as a sentinel and animal model for coccidioidomycosis

AJ Ferguson, GR Thompson, D Bruyette… - Medical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Coccidioidomycosis is a potentially fatal fungal disease of humans and animals that follows
inhalation of Coccidioides spp. arthroconidia in the environment. The disease in dogs …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of dust events in the greater Phoenix area

T Sandhu, MC Robinson, E Rawlins… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dust events are common in Arizona, USA, causing significant impacts on air quality and
human health. Several previous studies have compiled an analysis of the dust event …

Epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis in Argentina, an update

MN Viale, MC López-Joffre, AN Motter… - Medical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The National Reference Laboratory in Clinical Mycology of Argentina conducted a
retrospective review of human coccidioidomycosis cases diagnosed by the National …

From soil to clinic: current advances in understanding Coccidioides and coccidioidomycosis

KM Jackson, MM Teixeira… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii are fungal pathogens that cause systemic
mycoses and are prevalent in arid regions in the Americas. While C. immitis mainly occurs in …

Updates in Coccidioidomycosis

FM Donovan, NM Ampel… - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2024 - id.theclinics.com
Coccidioidomycosis, due to the dimorphic fungi Coccidioides, consists of a constellation of
symptoms and signs following inhalation of the infectious spores called arthroconidia …

Epidemiology of Coccidioidomycosis in the Veterans Health Administration, 2013–2022

C Lucero-Obusan, R Deka, P Schirmer, G Oda… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
We describe the epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis among a national cohort of Veterans.
Using electronic health record data from adults tested for coccidioidomycosis between 1 …

Spatiotemporal analysis of lung immune dynamics in lethal Coccidioides posadasii infection

OA Davalos, A Sebastian, NF Leon, MV Rangel… - mBio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Coccidioidomycosis, or Valley fever, is a lung disease caused by inhalation of Coccidioides
fungi, prevalent in the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and parts of Central and South …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of 21 years of dust events across four West Texas regions

MC Robinson, K Ardon-Dryer - Aeolian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Dust events are caused by strong winds that lift dust particles into the air. Due to surrounding
deserts and agriculture, West Texas experiences many dust events. This study examines …

Estimating coccidioidomycosis endemicity while accounting for imperfect detection using spatio-temporal occupancy modeling

SA Hepler, KA Kaufeld, D Kline… - American Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Coccidioidomycosis, or Valley fever, is an infectious disease caused by inhaling
Coccidioides fungal spores. Incidence has risen in recent years, and it is believed the …