Coccidioidomycosis among Workers Constructing Solar Power Farms, California, USA, 2011–2014
Jason A. Wilken
, Gail Sondermeyer, Dennis Shusterman, Jennifer McNary, Duc Vugia, Ann McDowell, Penny Borenstein, Debra Gilliss, Benedict Ancock, Janice Prudhomme
1, Deborah Gold, Gayle C. Windham, Lauren Lee, and Barbara L. Materna
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.A. Wilken); California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA (J.A. Wilken, G. Sondermeyer, D. Shusterman, J. McNary, D.J. Vugia, D. Gilliss, B. Ancock, G.C. Windham, L. Lee, B.L. Materna); County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department, San Luis Obispo, California, USA (A. McDowell, P. Borenstein); California Department of Industrial Relations, Oakland, California, USA (J. Prudhomme, D. Gold)
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Figure 1. Distribution of outbreak cases of coccidioidomycosis among solar farm workers, by month of symptom onset and patients’ residence, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA, October 2011–April 2014. A) Number of cases listed by month of onset and by solar farm. Investigation timeline is displayed below the x-axis. B) Number of cases during this outbreak listed by patient-reported California county or state of permanent residence (gray shading). CDPH, California Department of Public Health; SLOPHD, County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department.
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