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Source: https://calcoasttimes.com/2017/12/02/6th-slo-county-resident-dies-valley-fever-in-2017/
6th SLO County resident dies of valley fever in 2017
Posted onDecember 2, 2017
For the sixth time in 2017, a San Luis Obispo County resident has died of valley fever, according to the county?s public health department.
The latest person to die of the disease was a man who lived south of the Cuesta Grade. Officials have not disclosed his identity. He died in late November, whereas the first five valley fever deaths in SLO County in 2017 occurred in the first five months of the year.
Ann McDowell, a county epidemiologist, said the man had comorbid conditions, which could have made him more susceptible to valley fever...
...There have been more than 200 cases of valley fever in SLO County thus far this year. The number is expected to exceed last year?s total of 260 by year?s end. Last year, the county had five deaths due to valley fever.
In 2015, there were just 53 cases of the disease reported in SLO County...
6th SLO County resident dies of valley fever in 2017
Posted onDecember 2, 2017
For the sixth time in 2017, a San Luis Obispo County resident has died of valley fever, according to the county?s public health department.
The latest person to die of the disease was a man who lived south of the Cuesta Grade. Officials have not disclosed his identity. He died in late November, whereas the first five valley fever deaths in SLO County in 2017 occurred in the first five months of the year.
Ann McDowell, a county epidemiologist, said the man had comorbid conditions, which could have made him more susceptible to valley fever...
...There have been more than 200 cases of valley fever in SLO County thus far this year. The number is expected to exceed last year?s total of 260 by year?s end. Last year, the county had five deaths due to valley fever.
In 2015, there were just 53 cases of the disease reported in SLO County...