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MARTINEZ MENDEZ, Dilia  e  HERNANDEZ VALLES, Rosaura. Ecology of coccidioidomycosis at the Falcon municipality of Paraguana Peninsula, Falcon State, Venezuela. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2010, vol.30, n.2, pp.97-101. ISSN 1315-2556.

The eco-environmental characteristics of populations from the Falcon Municipality of the Paraguana Peninsula were studied, and soil samples were taken for identification of isolates suggestive of Coccidioides spp., through direct exam of tissue samples from mice infected with this fungus. The eco-environmental characteristics of the municipality and the chemical analysis of the soil favor the presence of this fungus in this zone. From the soil sample cultures we obtained an isolate suggestive of Coccidioides spp, but the experimental animal study did not reveal spherule formation. The existence of a Coccidioidomycosis risk area at the Paraguana Peninsula was confirmed

Palavras-chave : Coccidioidomycosis; eco-epidemiology; Coccidioides spp.