Local Population Structure and Patterns of Western Hemisphere Dispersal for Coccidioides spp., the Fungal Cause of Valley Fever

Coccidioidomycosis (or valley fever) is a fungal disease with high morbidity and mortality that affects tens of thousands of people each year. This infection is caused by two sibling species, Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii, which are endemic to specific arid locales throughout the Western Hem...

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Main Authors: David M. Engelthaler, Chandler C. Roe, Crystal M. Hepp, Marcus Teixeira, Elizabeth M. Driebe, James M. Schupp, Lalitha Gade, Victor Waddell, Kenneth Komatsu, Eduardo Arathoon, Heidi Logemann, George R. Thompson, Tom Chiller, Bridget Barker, Paul Keim, Anastasia P. Litvintseva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-04-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/2/e00550-16