Symptomatic Coccidioldomycosis following a Severe Natural Dust Storm*
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[Eighteen newly diagnosed cases of symptomatic cidioidomycosis developed two to four weeks following exposure to a severe natural dust storm. The population at risk consisted of 26,000 residents of the San Joaquin Valley with access to health care at the Naval Hospital, Lemoore, Calif. Eight patients were white, and ten were nonwhite. The number ef e cec per 100.000 was estimated to be 36 for the white group and ..2541or the nonwhite group. The disease was dissemina-
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تاریخ انتشار 2006