Thanks, for anyone unfamiliar with coccidiodomycosis AKA Valley Fever; it is a fungal spore in the greater southwest. Usually stirred up up in dust after fires or storms ( and archaeologists digging units.) Symptoms range from a nasty flu like condition to individuals suffering additional effects including stroke and cardiac arrest. It is nasty stuff. Anyone who visits the area and becomes ill should be tested.Mmany M.D.s are not familiar with it.