Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public Awareness
Abstract We discuss several issues raised by Comrie (2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000504), which uses a crowdsourced data set to study dust storms and coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever). There is inconsistency in the term “dust storm” used by science communities. The dust data from National Oc...
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| author | Daniel Q. Tong Morgan E. Gorris Thomas E. Gill Karin Ardon‐Dryer Julian Wang Ling Ren |
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| description | Abstract We discuss several issues raised by Comrie (2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000504), which uses a crowdsourced data set to study dust storms and coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever). There is inconsistency in the term “dust storm” used by science communities. The dust data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Events Database are from diverse sources, unsuitable for assessing dust‐coccidioidomycosis relationships. Population exposure to dust or Coccidioides needs to consider the frequency, magnitude, and duration of dust events. Given abundant evidence that dust storms are a viable driver to transport pathogens, it is in best public interest to advocate dust storms may put people at risk for contracting Valley fever. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e55f26c8899d4c6cac94c46f8d79f6f42022-12-22T01:49:48ZengAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)GeoHealth2471-14032022-08-0168n/an/a10.1029/2022GH000642Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public AwarenessDaniel Q. Tong0Morgan E. Gorris1Thomas E. Gill2Karin Ardon‐Dryer3Julian Wang4Ling Ren5Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems George Mason University Fairfax VA USAInformation Systems and Modeling & Center for Nonlinear Studies Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos NM USADepartment of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso TX USADepartment of Geosciences Texas Tech University Lubbock TX USADepartment of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems George Mason University Fairfax VA USADepartment of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems George Mason University Fairfax VA USAAbstract We discuss several issues raised by Comrie (2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000504), which uses a crowdsourced data set to study dust storms and coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever). There is inconsistency in the term “dust storm” used by science communities. The dust data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Events Database are from diverse sources, unsuitable for assessing dust‐coccidioidomycosis relationships. Population exposure to dust or Coccidioides needs to consider the frequency, magnitude, and duration of dust events. Given abundant evidence that dust storms are a viable driver to transport pathogens, it is in best public interest to advocate dust storms may put people at risk for contracting Valley fever.https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GH000642dustValley fevercoccidioidomycosisenvironmental |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Q. Tong Morgan E. Gorris Thomas E. Gill Karin Ardon‐Dryer Julian Wang Ling Ren Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public Awareness GeoHealth dust Valley fever coccidioidomycosis environmental |
| title | Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public Awareness |
| title_full | Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public Awareness |
| title_fullStr | Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public Awareness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public Awareness |
| title_short | Dust Storms, Valley Fever, and Public Awareness |
| title_sort | dust storms valley fever and public awareness |
| topic | dust Valley fever coccidioidomycosis environmental |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GH000642 |
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