The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 36, No. 6 (Jun., 1925), pp. 561-565 (5 pages) Coccidioides immitis grows well on the simplest of mediums, requiring only a small amount of nitrogen. It is an ...

Valley fever is a fungal lung infection that occurs when you inhale spores from Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadaii. The disease is also called coccidioidomycosis. Symptoms include cough ...

Veronica Penney, in Denver, visualized data on how the disease could widen its reach ... suburbs farther into deserts have all encountered coccidioides, the flesh-eating fungus that causes Valley ...