Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
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 2

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

Variables Diagnosis
 Total p value
No Yes
Seroconversion 0.0267
Yes† 27 (1.38) 3 (6.82) 30 (1.50)
No
 1,929 (98.62)
 41 (93.18)
 1,970 (98.50)
Mean age, y (range)
 24.0 (20.0–27.0)
 21.0 (19.5–25.0)
 23.0 (20.0–27.0)
 0.0572
Sex 0.1067
M 1,644 (84.05) 33 (75.00) 1,677 (83.85)
F
 312 (15.95)
 11 (25.00)
 323 (16.15)
Race/ethnicity 0.5885
Caucasian 892 (45.60) 24 (54.55) 916 (45.80)
African American 299 (15.29) 4 (9.09) 303 (15.15)
Asian/Pacific Islander 118 (6.03) 4 (9.09) 122 (6.10)
Hispanic 335 (17.13) 7 (15.91) 342 (17.10)
Other 287 (14.67) 5 (11.36) 292 (14.60)
Unknown
 25 (1.28)
 0
 25 (1.25)
Education >0.999
No high school 10 (0.51) 0 10 (0.50)
High school 1,545 (78.99) 37 (84.09) 1,582 (79.10)
Bachelor’s degree or less 271 (13.85) 6 (13.64) 277 (13.85)
Master's degree or higher 32 (1.64) 0 32 (1.60)
Unknown
 98 (5.01)
 1 (2.27)
 99 (4.95)
Service >0.999
Navy 1,945 (99.44) 44 (100.00) 1,989 (99.45)
Other
 11 (0.56)
 0
 11 (0.55)
Grade 0.1799
Enlisted 1,772 (90.59) 43 (97.73) 1,815 (90.75)
Warrant/officer
 184 (9.41)
 1 (2.27)
 185 (9.25)
Outdoor occupation
 1,186 (60.63)
 20 (45.45)
 1,210 (60.50)
 0.4139
Total 1,956 44 2,000

*Values are no. (%) unless indicated otherwise. †Includes previous seroconversion.

Main Article

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

Page created: June 27, 2022
Page updated: August 19, 2022
Page reviewed: August 19, 2022
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external