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. 2019 Apr 12;68(14):332-333.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6814a5.

Notes from the Field: Multistate Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak in U.S. Residents Returning from Community Service Trips to Baja California, Mexico - July-August 2018

Mitsuru Toda, Francisco J Gonzalez, Maureen Fonseca-Ford, Patrick Franklin, Melinda Huntington-Frazier, Bruce Gutelius, Vance Kawakami, Kristy Lunquest, Stephanie McCracken, Kathleen Moser, Hanna Oltean, Adam J Ratner, Chelsea Raybern, Kimberly Signs, Allison Zaldivar, Tom M Chiller, Brendan R Jackson, Orion McCotter

Notes from the Field: Multistate Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak in U.S. Residents Returning from Community Service Trips to Baja California, Mexico - July-August 2018

Mitsuru Toda et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Adam J. Ratner reports personal fees from Pfizer and Janssen, outside the submitted work. No other potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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Cases of coccidioidomycosis among U.S. residents returning from community service trips to Baja California, Mexico (N = 8), by date of travel and date of illness onset — Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, and New York, July–August, 2018
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