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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Historical Perspective
- In 1892, Alejandro Posadas (a medical student) along with his mentor, Robert Wernicke discovered coccidioidomycosis.[1] [2]
- In 1896, Emmet Rixford and T. Caspar Gilchrist coined the term coccidioidomycosis (resembling Coccidia), they grouped coccidioidomycosis under parasitic family.
- In 1900, William Ophüls and Herbert C. Moffitt described its dimorphic nature and defined it as a fungal etiology.
- In 1914, Cooke discovered coccidioidin skin test using precipitin reaction for the first time in diagnosing coccidioidomycosis.
- In 1929, Ernest Dickson described coccidioidomycosis as a lethal fungal disease.
- In 1936, Ernest Dickson along with his student Myrnie Gifford discovered that coccidioidomycosis is the same "San Joaquin fever,” “Desert fever,” or “Valley fever" which was considered as a separate entity until then.
- C. immitis was investigated by the United States during the 1950s and 1960s as a potential biological weapon. It was never standardized, around beyond a few field trials, it was never weaponized.
References
- ↑ Hirschmann, J. V. (2007). "The Early History of Coccidioidomycosis: 1892-1945". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 44 (9): 1202–1207. doi:10.1086/513202. ISSN 1058-4838.
- ↑ Brown J, Benedict K, Park BJ, Thompson GR (2013). "Coccidioidomycosis: epidemiology". Clin Epidemiol. 5: 185–97. doi:10.2147/CLEP.S34434. PMC 3702223. PMID 23843703.