Valley fever is not contagious.

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Valley fever is not contagious. It is acquired by breathing in microscopic fungal spores (coccidioides). Symptoms include fatigue, cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, night sweats, muscle aches or joint pain, and rash on the upper body or legs. Coccidioides is endemic to parts of the southwestern U.S., northern Mexico, Central America, and South America. Most...

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