Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak Among Workers Constructing a Solar Power Farm --- Monterey County, California, 2016--2017
by from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on (#3XC9F)
In January 2017, two local health departments notified the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) of three cases of coccidioidomycosis among workers constructing a solar power installation (solar farm) in southeastern Monterey County. Coccidioidomycosis, or Valley fever, is an infection caused by inhalation of the soil-dwelling fungus Coccidioides, which is endemic in the southwestern United States, including California.