Coccidioides spp. exposure among military working dogs in endemic regions of the United States.
| Autor: | Rozier LS; Department of Chemistry and Life Science United States Military Academy, Bartlett Hall, West Point, NY 10996, USA., Mullaney SB; Department of Chemistry and Life Science United States Military Academy, Bartlett Hall, West Point, NY 10996, USA., Thompson Iii GR; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.; Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA., Moore GD; Department of Chemistry and Life Science United States Military Academy, Bartlett Hall, West Point, NY 10996, USA., Ajufoh CO; Department of Chemistry and Life Science United States Military Academy, Bartlett Hall, West Point, NY 10996, USA., Gerardo AA; Department of Defense Military Working Dog Veterinary Service, Lackland Air force base, 78236, USA., Sykes JE; Department of Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Medical mycology [Med Mycol] 2023 Nov 06; Vol. 61 (11). |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mmy/myad109 |
| Abstrakt: | Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease in arid regions of the United States that is predicted to expand with climate change. Cases in military personnel and military working dogs (MWDs) impact personnel readiness and result in healthcare costs. To examine Coccidioides exposure among MWDs, 276 banked serum samples were retrieved from dogs housed in California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. Using gel immunodiffusion, six (2.1%) specimens were IgG-positive and three (1.1%) were equivocally IgM-positive. The IgG-positive samples were from Arizona (2 [prevalence 8.0%]) and California (4 [3.7%]). These data will guide future efforts to study MWDs as sentinels for human coccidioidomycosis. (Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology 2023.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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