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Coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, is not contagious.
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Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
Because researchers first identified cocci in California’s San Joaquin Valley, it’s also known as valley fever.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Patterns of drought and precipitation play important roles in incidents of valley fever, which causes flu-like symptoms and in rare cases can be fatal.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Outside of California, valley fever is also prevalent in Arizona and some areas of Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Texas, as well as parts of Mexico and Central and South America.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
Because researchers first identified cocci in California’s San Joaquin Valley, it’s also known as valley fever.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Patterns of drought and precipitation play important roles in incidents of valley fever, which causes flu-like symptoms and in rare cases can be fatal.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Outside of California, valley fever is also prevalent in Arizona and some areas of Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Texas, as well as parts of Mexico and Central and South America.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Valley fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valley%20fever. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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valley fever
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val·ley fever
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