Coccidioidomycosis: Sixth International Symposium, Volume 1111

Part I: Clinical:.

1. Coccidioidomycosis in the US Military: Nancy Crum-Cianflone.

2. Coccidioidomycosis in an Academic Rheumatology Practice: Janis Blair and Les Mertz.

3. Cocci in Pregnancy: R. Johnson.

4. Cervical Spine Cocci: R. Johnson.

5. Amphoteracin Treatment in Cocci: R. Johnson.

6. Coccidioidomycosis in Organ Transplantation: Janis Blair.

7. State of the Art Therapeutics: Skeletal Coccidioidomycosis: Janis Blair.

8. State of the Art Therapeutics: Skin and Soft Tissue Coccidioidomycosis: Janis Blair.

9. Case Report of a Deep Solitary Brain Mass in a Four Month Old Male with Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis: Jennifer Ward.

10. Compensability of and Legal Issues related to Coccidioidomycosis: LuAnn Haley.

11. The Roentgen Aspects of Cases of Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis at Kern Medical Center - Comparison with Previous Study Conducted 50 Years Prior: Augustine Munoz.

12. Veterinary Coccidioides: Lisa Shubitz.

Part II: Epidemiology and Public Health:.

13. Modeling the Ecological Niche of Coccidioides sp. in Western North American deserts: Raúl C. Baptista-Rosas.

14. Habitat Parameters of Coccidioides Occurrence sites - A Review and Comments: Frederick S. Fisher.

15. Epidemiological Profile of Coccidioidomycosis in a Predominantly Hispanic Population: Miguel Angel Pena-Ruiz.

16. Coccidioidomycosis Incidence Fluctuations and Unusual Weather in Kern County, California: Is there a Numerically Demonstrable Connection?: Jorge Talamantes.

17. Model Sensitivity for Assessing Climatologic Effects on the Risk of Acquiring Coccidioidomycosis: Andrew Comrie.

Part III: Laboratory Diagnosis:.

18. Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis by Culture: Safety Considerations and Traditional Methods: Deanna Sutton.

19. Clinical Laboratory Practices: Michael Saubolle.

Part IV: Vaccines:.

20. The Public Health Need and Present Status of a Vaccine for the Prevention of Coccidioidomycosis: Richard Hector.

21. Dendritic-Cell Based Vaccine against Coccidioides: Shanjana Awasthi.

22. Characteristics of the Coccidioidal 27K Vaccine: Suzanne Johnson.

23. Identification of pH Sensitive Protein in the Cocccidioidal Vaccine T27K: Suzanne Johnson.

Part V: Basic Research:.

24. Isolation and Identification of Coccidioidal Antigens: Suzanne Johnson.

25. Population Genetics in Coccidioides: Bridget Barker.

26. Molecular Cloning and Expression of a cDNA Encoding a Coccidioides Posadasii Mannosidase Protein Identified by Immunoproteomic Analysis of the Coccidioidal T27K Vaccine: Jennine Lunetta.

27. Molecular Cloning and Expression of a cDNA Encoding a Coccidioides Posadasii Superoxide Dismutase Protein Identified by Proteomic Analysis of the Coccidioidal T27K Vaccine: Jennine Lunetta.

28. Nuclear Labeling of Coccidioides Posadasii with GFP: Li Let.

29. Virulence Mechanisms of Coccidioides: Chiung-Yu Hung.

30. The Application of Proteomic Techniques to Fungal Protein Identifications: James Rohrbough