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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Research

Risk for Coccidioidomycosis among Hispanic Farm Workers, California, USA, 2018

Stephen A. McCurdyComments to Author , Catherine Portillo-Silva, Carol L. Sipan, Heejung Bang, and Kirt W. Emery
Author affiliations: University of California, Davis, California, USA (S.A. McCurdy, H. Bang); University of California, Merced, California, USA (C. Portillo-Silva, C.L. Sipan); Kern County Public Health Services Department, Bakersfield, California, USA (K.W. Emery)

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Table 2

Selected occupational exposures and associations with coccidioidomycosis among 203 Hispanic farm workers, Kern County, California, USA, 2016–2018

Half time or more 78 (71) 52 (56) 1.9 (1.0–3.5)
Work in crop category in past year†‡
Root and bulb vegetable crops†‡ 23 (21) 8 (9) 3.0 (1.2–7.1)
Near-ground crops†§ 76 (69) 76 (81) 0.5 (0.3– 1.0)
Tree crops†¶
60 (55)
41 (44)
1.4 (0.8–2.5)
Work with specified crop in past year†#
Grapes 64 (58) 67 (72) 0.6 (0.3–1.0)
Almonds 24 (22) 17 (18) 1.1 (0.5– 2.3)
Mandarin oranges 23 (21) 19 (20) 1.1 (0.5– 2.1)
Carrots
14 (13)
5 (5)
2.9 (1.0. 8.6)
Tasks performed in past year†**
Harvest 82 (75) 68 (73) 1.3 (0.7– 2.5)
Pruning 40 (36) 39 (42) 0.7 (0.4– 1.3)
Packing (outdoor) 39 (35) 33 (35) 1.2 (0.6– 2.1)
Leaf removal 25 (23) 37 (40) 0.4 (0.2– 0.8)
Weeding 14 (13) 10 (11) 1.3 (0.5– 3.1)
Irrigation
15 (14)
7 (8)
1.6 (0.6– 4.2)
Mask use for most recent job
Never or sometimes 58 (53) 40 (43) Reference
Half the time or more
51 (47)
53 (57)
0.9 (0.5– 1.7)
Soil wetting in dusty conditions for most recent job
Never or sometimes 63 (58) 48 (52) Reference
Half the time or more 46 (42) 45 (48) 0.8 (0.4– 1.3)

*Adjusted for age and sex.
†Categories are not mutually exclusive; reference group is all participants not working in specified category.
‡Root and bulb vegetables growing underground: beets, carrots, garlic, onions, radishes, sweet potatoes.
§Near-ground crops: cotton and fruits and vegetables growing above ground and near the surface, including blueberries, chili peppers, grapes, kale, lettuce, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes, watermelon.
¶Tree crops: almonds, apples, apricots, cherries, kiwi, oranges and Mandarin oranges, pomegranates, pistachios.
#Limited to crops reported by >9% of participants; crops are not mutually exclusive.
**Limited to tasks reported by >9% of participants; tasks are not mutually exclusive.

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