TY - JOUR AU - Ellis, Graham AU - Lanteri, Charlotte AU - Hsieh, Hsing-Chuan AU - Graf, Paul C.F. AU - Pineda, Gabriel AU - Crum-Cianflone, Nancy AU - Berjohn, Catherine AU - Sanders, Terrel AU - Maves, Ryan AU - Deiss, Robert T1 - Coccidioidomycosis Seroincidence and Risk among Military Personnel, Naval Air Station Lemoore, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 9 SP - 1842 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We conducted a retrospective cohort study that tested 2,000 US military personnel for Coccidioides antibodies in a disease-endemic region. The overall incidence of seroconversion was 0.5 cases/100 person-years; 12.5% of persons who seroconverted had illnesses requiring medical care. No significant association was found between demographic characteristics and seroconversion or disease. KW - coccidioidomycosis KW - Coccidioides KW - infections KW - endemic diseases KW - lung disease KW - fungi KW - respiratory infections KW - seroincidence KW - risk KW - military personnel KW - Naval Air Station Lemoore KW - San Joaquin Valley KW - California KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2809.220652 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/9/22-0652_article ER - End of Reference