CREDIT SEMINAR Title: Coccidioidomycosis, A California Fever (Valley Fever) Student’s Name: Davinder Singh M.Sc – Molecular Genetics (Semester II) Registration No.: CUPB/MSc-MG/SBAS/BIO/2014-15/06 Centre for Biosciences School of Basic and Applied Sciences Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
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CREDIT SEMINARTitle: Coccidioidomycosis, A California Fever (Valley Fever)
• Total 3,089 coccidioidomycosis - associated deaths occurred in the US during 1990 to 2008.
Table 1: Number of reported coccidsioidomycosis cases from 1998 to 2013.
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