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Coccidioidomycosis : Prevention

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Prevention could include:
Maintaining general good health will help keep the disease in the benign pulmonary form. Prevention of AIDS or other causes of damage to the immune system will usually prevent the more severe forms of the disease.
Source:ADAM
Date:December 3, 2008
Because the fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis is airborne and microscopic, the only method of prevention is to avoid visiting areas where it is found in the soil. Unfortunately, for many people this is impractical.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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