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SUBMITTER: Wilson L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6480346 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of environmental research and public health 20190328 7
Coccidioidomycosis (CM) is a fungal infection endemic in the southwestern United States (US). In California, CM incidence increased more than 213% (from 6.0/100,000 (2014) to 18.8/100,000 (2017)) and continues to increase as rates in the first half of 2018 are double that of 2017 during the same period. This cost-of-illness study provides essential information to be used in health planning and funding as CM infections continue to surge. We used a "bottom-up" approach to determine lifetime costs ...[more]