ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2021
Coccidioidomycosis outbreak among inmate wildland firefighters: California, 2017.
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- From soil to clinic: current advances in understandingMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2024Review
- Challenges to Implementing a Vaccine for Coccidioidomycosis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Repeated exposure to eucalyptus wood smoke alters pulmonary gene and metabolic profiles in male Long-Evans rats.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2024Article
- A microbial risk assessor's guide to Valley Fever (Coccidioides spp.): Case study and review of risk factors.The Science of the total environment · 2024Review
- Social determinants of health as drivers of fungal disease.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Review
- Impact of Epidemic Intelligence Service Training in Occupational Respiratory Epidemiology.ATS scholar · 2023Article
- Comparative Mask Protection against Inhaling Wildfire Smoke, Allergenic Bioaerosols, and Infectious Particles.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Notes From the Field: Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak Among Wildland Firefighters - California, 2021.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2022Article
- Update on the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Coccidioidomycosis: A Contemporary Review.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundIn California, state prison inmates are employed to fight wildfires, which involves performing soil-disrupting work. Wildfires have become more common, including areas where Coccidioides, the soil-dwelling fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis, proliferates. However, work practices that place wildland firefighters at risk for coccidioidomycosis have not been investigated.
methodsOn August 17, 2017, the California Department of Public Health was notified of a cluster of coccidioidomycosis cases among Wildfire A inmate wildland firefighters. We collected data through medical record abstraction from suspected case-patients and mailed a survey assessing potential job task risk factors to Wildfire A inmate firefighters. We described respondent characteristics and conducted a retrospective case-control investigation to assess coccidioidomycosis risk factors.
resultsAmong 198 inmate firefighters who worked on Wildfire A, 112 (57%) completed the survey. Of 10 case-patients (four clinical and six laboratory-confirmed), two were hospitalized. In the case-control analysis of 71 inmate firefighters, frequently cutting fire lines with a McLeod tool (odds ratio [OR]: 5.5; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1-37.2) and being in a dust cloud or storm (OR: 4.3; 95% CI: 1.1-17.4) were associated with illness. Two of 112 inmate firefighters reported receiving coccidioidomycosis training; none reported wearing respiratory protection on this wildfire.
conclusionsWildland firefighters who use hand tools and work in dusty conditions where Coccidioides proliferates are at risk for coccidioidomycosis. Agencies that employ them should provide training about coccidioidomycosis and risk reduction, limit dust exposure, and implement respiratory protection programs that specify where respirator use is feasible and appropriate.
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