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Valley
fever spherule (on right) in lung tissue. Credit: Valley
Fever Center for Excellence.
Research
and Products:
Predicting
Valley Fever Incidence
References
Comrie, A. C. 2005. Climate factors influencing coccidioidomycosis seasonality and outbreaks. Environmental Health Perspectives 113, 688-692.
Park, B.J., K. Sigel, V. Vaz, K. Komatsu, C. McRill, M. Phelan, T. Colman, A. C. Comrie, D. W. Warnock, J. N. Galgiani, and R. A. Hajjeh. 2005. An epidemic of coccidioidomycosis in Arizona associated with climate changes, 1998-2001. Journal of Infectious Diseases 191, 1981–1987.
Kolivras, K.N., and A. C. Comrie. 2003. Modeling valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) incidence on the basis of climate conditions, International Journal of Biometeorology, Volume 47, Issue 2, Mar 2003, Page 87, DOI 10.1007/s00484-002-0155-x, [Available online]
Kolivras, K.N., Johnson, P., Comrie, A.C. and Yool, S.R. 2001: Environmental Variability and Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever). Aerobiologia 17, 31-42.
Kolivras, K.N. and Comrie, A.C., 2000: Climate and Valley Fever. Pages 39-41, in Chapter 8, Human Health, by Southwest Regional Assessment Group, Preparing for a Changing Climate: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Companion Volume to the National Assessment of Climate Change. Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona, 60 pp.
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