Editing Coccidioides immitis (section)

==Epidemiology==
''C. immitis'', along with its relative ''[[Coccidioides posadasii|C. posadasii]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.broadinstitute.org/annotation/genome/coccidioides_group/MultiHome.html|title=Coccidioides group database | publisher=Broad Institute | access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> is most commonly seen in the desert regions of the southwestern United States, including certain areas of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, and Utah; and in Central and South America in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Venezuela.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of00-348/of00-348.pdf | title=Operational Guidelines (version 1.0) for Geological Fieldwork in Areas Endemic for Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) | publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Interior]] | work=U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-348 Version 1.0 | access-date=12 July 2013 | author1=Frederick S. Fisher | author2=Mark W. Bultman | author3=Demosthenes Pappagianis | archive-date=4 March 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304002018/http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of00-348/of00-348.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Precise location===
''C. immitis'' is largely found in California, but also Baja California and Arizona, while ''C. posadasii'' is regularly found in Texas, northern Mexico and in Central and South America. Both ''C. immitis'' and ''C. posadasii'' are present in Arizona.<ref name="Human Mycoses">{{cite book|editor-last1=Hospenthal|editor-first1=Duane R.|editor-first2=Michael G.|editor-last2=Rinaldi|title=Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Mycoses|location=Totowa, New Jersey|publisher=Humana Press|year=2008|isbn=978-1-59745-325-7|pages=295–315|last1=Johnson|first1=Royce H.|last2=Baqi|first2=Shehla|chapter=Chapter 16: Coccidioidomycosis}}</ref>{{rp|296-297}}  ''C. immitis'' is more common west of the [[Tehachapi Mountains]], while ''C. posadasii'' is more common east of it.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kirkland|first=Theo N.|title=The Quest for a Vaccine Against Coccidioidomycosis: A Neglected Disease of the Americas|year=2016|journal=Journal of Fungi|volume=2|issue=4|page=34 |id=Art. No. 34|doi=10.3390/jof2040034|doi-access=free|pmid=29376949|pmc=5715932}}</ref>  ''Coccidioides'' spp. are found in [[Alkali soil|alkaline]], sandy soils from semi-desert regions with hot summers, gentle winters, and annual rainfall between {{convert|10|and|50|cm|in}}. These fungi are usually found {{convert|10|to|30|cm|in}} beneath the surface.<ref>{{cite journal| pmc=4631225 | pmid=26560205 | doi=10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153805 | volume=90 | title=Coccidioidomycosis and the skin: a comprehensive review | year=2015 | journal=An Bras Dermatol | pages=610–9 |vauthors=Garcia Garcia SC, Salas Alanis JC, Flores MG, Gonzalez Gonzalez SE, Vera Cabrera L, Ocampo Candiani J| issue=5 }}</ref>