Fundamentals Of Microbiology 10th Edition by Jeffrey Pommerville

Exercise 26

On January 17, 1994, a serious earthquake struck the Northridge section of Los Angeles County in California. From that date through March 15, 170 cases of coccidioidomycosis were identified in adjacent Ventura County. This number was almost four times the previous year's number of cases. What is the connection between the two events