Notes From the Field: Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak Among Wildland Firefighters - California, 2021

Overview

Journal MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep

Date 2022 Aug 25

PMID 36006835

Authors

Marisa A P Donnelly

Dorothy Maffei

Gail L Sondermeyer Cooksey

Thomas J Ferguson

Seema Jain

Duc Vugia

Barbara L Materna

Amanda Kamali

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