Well, this just came across my desk today -
Occupation exposure among cast and crew. It brings up several interesting aspects- number one being, I wish I knew who the actor was! Maybe we could have a spokesperson for VF! Other than that selfish response, I think it also highlights a great source of data that is only available in California. No other state considers coccidioidomycosis as a work related injury. I imagine these are not the only cases of cluster infections, but it seems that it would be really helpful to follow more of these exposures, and combine with our soil analysis.
I'll be reporting more on soil work, as my lab just got funding to expand theses studies and my hope is that we will have a very robust and scalable application for environmental detection.
