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The expectations what will happen to the geographical distributions of Coccidioides cases over the next
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Coccidioides strain causes meningitis with inflammation of brain tissues. It is a strain of fungi. It gives the appearance of a moist white brown shape with a formation of septate hyphae. They form arthrospores are they mature inside the culture medium.
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