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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Synopsis

Coccidioidomycosis-Related Hospital Visits, Texas, USA, 2016–2021

Heather MayfieldComments to Author , Vanora Davila, and Elena Penedo
Author affiliation: Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA

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Figure 2

Estimated endemic region of Coccidioides spp. fungi in study of coccidioidomycosis-related hospital visits, Texas, USA, 2016–2021. Valley fever region, an estimated 96-county area of Texas determined by using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Valley fever maps (5) spatially overlaid on a Texas county map. Any county that fell within the estimated area was designated as a Valley fever region (blue shading).

Figure 2. Estimated endemic region of Coccidioides spp. fungi in study of coccidioidomycosis-related hospital visits, Texas, USA, 2016–2021. Valley fever region, an estimated 96-county area of Texas determined by using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Valley fever maps (5) spatially overlaid on a Texas county map. Any county that fell within the estimated area was designated as a Valley fever region (blue shading).

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