@article{684c4da3665a43ab8ebc43363dec542b,
title = "Valley fever: Finding new places for an old disease: Coccidioides immitis found in Washington state soil associated with recent human infection",
abstract = "We used real-time polymerase chain reaction and culture to demonstrate persistent colonization of soils by Coccidioides immitis, an agent of valley fever, in Washington State linked to recent human infections and located outside the endemic range. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed genetic identity between isolates from soil and one of the case-patients.",
keywords = "Coccidioides, Soil detection, Valley fever, WGS typing",
author = "Litvintseva, {Anastasia P.} and Nicola Marsden-Haug and Steven Hurst and Heather Hill and Lalitha Gade and Driebe, {Elizabeth M.} and Cindy Ralston and Chandler Roe and Barker, {Bridget M.} and Marcia Goldoft and Paul Keim and Ron Wohrle and Thompson, {George R.} and Engelthaler, {David M.} and Brandt, {Mary E.} and Tom Chiller",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Fred Fisher for discussions about soil sampling, Kathleen Stigi for assistance in sample collection, and Anthony Marfin for helpful discussions about the investigation. Disclaimer. The use of product names does not imply their endorsement by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The finding and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Potential conflicts of interest. P. K. and D. M. E. have a financial interest in DxNA, the licensee of the real-time PCR assay described in this manuscript. All other authors report no potential conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.",
year = "2015",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/cid/ciu681",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "60",
pages = "e1--e3",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "1",
}