- San Joaquin Valley fever
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coccidioidomycosis.[after the area in which it was first reported]
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Universalium. 2010.
San Joaquin Valley fever
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San Joaquin Valley fever (disease) — San Joa·quin Val·ley fever (disease) (sanґ wah kēnґ valґe) [San Joaquin Valley, California, where the disease is particularly prominent] primary coccidioidomycosis … Medical dictionary
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San Joaquin fever — San Joa·quin fever .san .wä kēn n COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS * * * San Joaquin Valley fever primary coccidioidomycosis … Medical dictionary
san joaquin fever — |sanwȯ|kēn , wä| noun also san joaquin valley fever Usage: usually capitalized S&J&V Etymology: after San Joaquin Valley, central California, where it was endemic : coccidioidomycosis … Useful english dictionary
valley fever — noun Etymology: from its prevalence in the San Joaquin valley of California Date: 1938 coccidioidomycosis … New Collegiate Dictionary
valley fever — Pathol. coccidioidomycosis. [1935 40; so called because it is common in the San Joaquin Valley in California] * * * … Universalium
Fever, desert — A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop symptoms. Most often they have an influenza like illness with fever, cough, headaches, rash, and… … Medical dictionary
