Coccidioidomycosis

Maps of histoplasmosis, blastomycosis and coccidiomycosis may underestimate the areas of endemicity for these infections because researchers have found diagnoses outside their historically defined regions in the United States.

Three species of soil fungi, known to cause lung infections, have been found in U.S. states outside of what was historically accounted for by the CDC in 1969, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Fungal pathogens that can cause various diseases will likely become more prevalent in the next 10 years thanks to climate change, according to a recent commentary.