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As valley fever education increases, so does the infection’s reach
By Grayson Schmidt, Cronkite News | Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – California and Arizona make up more than 95% of all U.S. cases of valley fever – an infection caused by a fungus that lives in soil in the Southwest – largely because they share arid climates and have an abundance of outdoor workers.
New research finds that as climate change alters American landscapes in the coming decades, valley fever has the potential to spread far beyond the Southwest. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine predict the range of what’s colloquially known as “San Joaquin Valley fever” will more than double over the next 75 years, spreading to the Midwest and Canada.
“This disease, as we know right now, is not currently found in Canada, but by the end of the 21st century, it may even extend into a whole new country,” said Morgan Gorris, lead author of the study and recent UC Irvine Ph.D. graduate in Earth system science...
As valley fever education increases, so does the infection’s reach
By Grayson Schmidt, Cronkite News | Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – California and Arizona make up more than 95% of all U.S. cases of valley fever – an infection caused by a fungus that lives in soil in the Southwest – largely because they share arid climates and have an abundance of outdoor workers.
New research finds that as climate change alters American landscapes in the coming decades, valley fever has the potential to spread far beyond the Southwest. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine predict the range of what’s colloquially known as “San Joaquin Valley fever” will more than double over the next 75 years, spreading to the Midwest and Canada.
“This disease, as we know right now, is not currently found in Canada, but by the end of the 21st century, it may even extend into a whole new country,” said Morgan Gorris, lead author of the study and recent UC Irvine Ph.D. graduate in Earth system science...