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Volume 28, Number 9—September 2022
Dispatch

Coccidioidomycosis Seroincidence and Risk among Military Personnel, Naval Air Station Lemoore, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA1

Graham C. EllisComments to Author , Charlotte A. Lanteri, Hsing-Chuan Hsieh, Paul C.F. Graf, Gabriel Pineda, Nancy F. Crum-Cianflone, Catherine M. Berjohn, Terrel Sanders, Ryan C. Maves, and Robert Deiss
Author affiliations: Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit TWO, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA (G.C. Ellis); Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA (G.C. Ellis, C.M. Berjohn, T. Sanders, R.C. Maves, R. Deiss); Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (C.A. Lanteri, H.-C. Hsieh, C.M. Berjohn, R.C. Maves, R. Deiss); The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda (H.-C. Hsieh, R. Deiss); US Naval Medical Research Unit SIX, Lima, Peru (P.C.F. Graf); US Naval Health Research Center, San Diego (P.C.F. Graf, G. Pineda); Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego (N.F. Crum-Cianflone); US Naval Medical Research Unit THREE, Accra, Ghana (T. Sanders); Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA (R.C. Maves); University of California, San Diego (R. Deiss)

Main Article

Table 1

Cohort demographics by seroconversion status for incidence of Coccidioides seroconversion among military personnel, Naval Air Station Lemoore, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA*

Variables Seroconversion
 Total p value
No Yes
Total
 1,976
 24
 2,000
Mean age, y (range)
 23.0 (20.0–27.0)
 22.5 (19.0–26.5)
 23.0 (20.0–27.0)
 0.5358
Sex >0.999
M 1,657 (83.86) 20 (83.33) 1,677 (83.85)
F
 319 (16.14)
 4 (16.67)
 323 (16.15)
Race/ethnicity 0.1098
Caucasian 910 (46.05) 6 (25.00) 916 (45.80)
African American 298 (15.08) 5 (20.83) 303 (15.15)
Asian/Pacific Islander 120 (6.07) 2 (8.33) 122 (6.10)
American Indian/Alaskan Native 53 (2.68) 0 53 (2.65)
Hispanic 338 (17.11) 4 (16.67) 342 (17.10)
Other 233 (11.79) 6 (25.00) 239 (11.95)
Unknown
 24 (1.21)
 1 (4.17)
 25 (1.25)
Education 0.8220
No high school 10 (0.51) 0 10 (0.50)
High school 1,562 (79.05) 20 (83.33) 1,582 (79.10)
Bachelor's degree or <4 y of college degree 273 (13.82) 4 (16.67) 277 (13.85)
Master’s degree or higher 32 (1.62) 0 32 (1.60)
Unknown
 99 (5.01)
 0
 99 (4.95)
Service >0.999
Navy 1,965 (99.44) 24 (100.00) 1,989 (99.45)
Other
 11 (0.56)
 0
 11 (0.55)
Grade 0.1999
Enlisted 1,791 (90.64) 24 (100.00) 1,815 (90.75)
Warrant 4 (0.20) 0 4 (0.20)
Officer
 181 (9.16)
 0
 181 (9.05)
Outdoor occupations 0.2975
Yes 1,193 (60.37) 17 (70.83) 1,210 (60.50)
No 783 (39.63) 7 (29.17) 790 (39.50)

*Values are no. (%) unless indicated otherwise.

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1This study was presented in part at the Virtual IDWeek 2020 Conference; October 21‒25, 2020.

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