Coccidioidomycosis--a fungal disease of the Americas

Richard F Hector; Rafael Laniado-Laborin

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020002

Coccidioidomycosis--a fungal disease of the Americas

PLoS Med. 2005 Jan;2(1):e2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020002.

Authors

Richard F Hector¹, Rafael Laniado-Laborin

Affiliation

¹ Valley Fever Vaccine Project at the Institute for Global Health, University of California, San Francisco, USA. rhector@psg.ucsf.edu <rhector@psg.ucsf.edu>

Abstract

Coccidioidomycosis was first recognized as a serious disease over 100 years ago, but the disease remains an enigma and often goes undiagnosed, even in endemic areas

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
Coccidioidomycosis / drug therapy*
Coccidioidomycosis / epidemiology*
Coccidioidomycosis / immunology
Coccidioidomycosis / pathology
Humans
North America / epidemiology
Prognosis
South America / epidemiology
Vaccines

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Vaccines