Information about Coccidioides Immitis
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Sputum culture of Coccidioides immitis on Sabouraud's medium, showing white, cottony fungus growth.
Coccidioides immitis is a pathogenic fungus that resides in the soil in certain parts of the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and a few other areas in the Western Hemisphere.
It, along with its relative Coccidioides posadasii, can cause a disease called coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), and it is a rare cause of meningitis, mostly in immunocompromised persons. It has been declared a select agent by both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is considered a biosafety level 3 pathogen.
In Literature
Coccidioides immitis is used as a plot device in Thunderhead, a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The fungus (prepared from infected victims) is revealed to be the principal agent in corpse powder (based on corpse poison used by Witch (Navajo)).External links
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Microscopic appearance of an old culture of Coccidioides immitis, showing fragmented chlamydospores. This is the infective form of the fungus occurring in nature.
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Eukarya
Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
(unranked) Opisthokonta
Kingdom: Fungi
(L., 1753) R.T. Moore, 1980[1]
Subkingdom/Phyla
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Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
(unranked) Opisthokonta
Kingdom: Fungi
(L., 1753) R.T. Moore, 1980[1]
Subkingdom/Phyla
- Chytridiomycota
- Blastocladiomycota
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Pezizomycotina
O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997[1]
Classes/Orders
Arthoniomycetes Dothideomycetes Eurotiomycetes Laboulbeniomycetes Lecanoromycetes Leotiomycetes Lichinomycetes Orbiliomycetes Pezizomycetes Sordariomycetes
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O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997[1]
Classes/Orders
Arthoniomycetes Dothideomycetes Eurotiomycetes Laboulbeniomycetes Lecanoromycetes Leotiomycetes Lichinomycetes Orbiliomycetes Pezizomycetes Sordariomycetes
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Onygenales
Families
Onygenaceae
Arthrodermataceae
The Onygenales are an order of Ascomycetes, within the eurotiomycetes Ascomycetes.
Onygenales
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Families
Onygenaceae
Arthrodermataceae
The Onygenales are an order of Ascomycetes, within the eurotiomycetes Ascomycetes.
Onygenales
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Coccidioides immitis
G.W. Stiles
Coccidioides immitis is a pathogenic fungus that resides in the soil in certain parts of the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and a few other areas in the Western Hemisphere.
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G.W. Stiles
Coccidioides immitis is a pathogenic fungus that resides in the soil in certain parts of the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and a few other areas in the Western Hemisphere.
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host.[1] The term is most often used for agents that disrupt the normal physiology of a multicellular animal or plant.
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Eukarya
Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
(unranked) Opisthokonta
Kingdom: Fungi
(L., 1753) R.T. Moore, 1980[1]
Subkingdom/Phyla
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Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
(unranked) Opisthokonta
Kingdom: Fungi
(L., 1753) R.T. Moore, 1980[1]
Subkingdom/Phyla
- Chytridiomycota
- Blastocladiomycota
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SOiL is a five-piece Hard Rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. They formed in 1997 and are still active. They are signed to DRT Entertainment and have released four albums, their most recent being True Self which was released in March 27 2006.
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Southwestern United States; commonly referred to as The Southwest; is a region of the western United States. Its population is less than three people per cubic mile.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Anthem
Himno Nacional Mexicano
Capital
(and largest city) Mexico City
Official languages Spanish (
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Himno Nacional Mexicano
Capital
(and largest city) Mexico City
Official languages Spanish (
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Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere[1] or western hemisphere,[2] is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich in London, England, United Kingdom), the other half being the
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Coccidioidomycosis
Classification & external resources
Histopathological changes in a case of coccidioidomycosis of the lung showing a large fibrocaseous nodule.
ICD-10 B 38.
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Classification & external resources
Histopathological changes in a case of coccidioidomycosis of the lung showing a large fibrocaseous nodule.
ICD-10 B 38.
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Meningitis
Classification & external resources
Meninges of the central nervous system: dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater.
ICD-10 G 00. -G 03.
ICD-9 320 - 322
DiseasesDB 22543
MedlinePlus 000680
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Classification & external resources
Meninges of the central nervous system: dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater.
ICD-10 G 00. -G 03.
ICD-9 320 - 322
DiseasesDB 22543
MedlinePlus 000680
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Immunodeficiency
Classification & external resources
ICD-10 D 84.9
ICD-9 279.3
DiseasesDB 21506
MeSH D007153 In medicine, immunodeficiency (or immune deficiency
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Classification & external resources
ICD-10 D 84.9
ICD-9 279.3
DiseasesDB 21506
MeSH D007153 In medicine, immunodeficiency (or immune deficiency
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In United States law, select agents are pathogens or biological toxins which have been declared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to have the "potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety".
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Department of Health and Human Services
HHS Logo
Official seal
Agency overview
Formed April 11, 1953
May 4, 1980
Preceding Agency United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
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HHS Logo
Official seal
Agency overview
Formed April 11, 1953
May 4, 1980
Preceding Agency United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Jurisdiction
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Seal of the Department of Agriculture
Agency overview
Formed February 15, 1889
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
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Seal of the Department of Agriculture
Agency overview
Formed February 15, 1889
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
Employees
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Biosafety Levels 1 through 4. [1]
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Rationale
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Douglas Preston (born 1956 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an author of several techno-thriller and horror novels with Lincoln Child.
A graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California, Preston began his writing career at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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A graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California, Preston began his writing career at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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Lincoln Child (born 1957) is an author of techno-thriller and horror novels. Often paired with writing partner Douglas Preston, many of their novels have become bestsellers and one, Relic, was adapted into a feature film.
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There are a number of beliefs in traditional Navajo culture relating to practices which, in English, are all referred to as 'witchcraft.' In the Navajo language, they are actually each referred to distinctly, and are regarded as separate, albeit related, phenomena.
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