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Valley Fever cases continued to increase in California in 2017
Turlock Journal
Updated: Aug. 21, 2018, 8:21 p.m.
The California Department of Public Health announced Friday that the highest annual number of new Valley Fever cases on record in California was reported in 2017.
From January through December 2017, 7,466 new cases of Valley Fever were reported to CDPH, making 2017 the highest annual incidence reported in California since coccidioidomycosis became individually reportable in 1995. It was also the second consecutive record year for reported Valley Fever cases.
Consistent with previous years, the highest coccidioidomycosis incidence in 2017 were reported in counties in the Central Valley and central coast regions, including Kern, Kings, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Tulare, Madera and Monterey counties. Nearly 64 percent of the 2017 case-patients resided in one of these counties, with 37 percent residing in Kern County...
Valley Fever cases continued to increase in California in 2017
Turlock Journal
Updated: Aug. 21, 2018, 8:21 p.m.
The California Department of Public Health announced Friday that the highest annual number of new Valley Fever cases on record in California was reported in 2017.
From January through December 2017, 7,466 new cases of Valley Fever were reported to CDPH, making 2017 the highest annual incidence reported in California since coccidioidomycosis became individually reportable in 1995. It was also the second consecutive record year for reported Valley Fever cases.
Consistent with previous years, the highest coccidioidomycosis incidence in 2017 were reported in counties in the Central Valley and central coast regions, including Kern, Kings, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Tulare, Madera and Monterey counties. Nearly 64 percent of the 2017 case-patients resided in one of these counties, with 37 percent residing in Kern County...