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Valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis or “cocci,” is caused by a fungus that grows in dirt.

But finally they had a definitive answer: It was cocci.

Officially known as coccidioidomycosis — or “cocci” for short — valley fever is a fungal infection that is transmitted in dust.

Coccidioidomycosis, also known as cocci or valley fever is endemic to the region’s soil, as well as California’s Central Valley.

Meanwhile, scientists were oh so slowly poking around in a microscopic world of dots and dashes that would soon be recast as pathogenic cocci and bacilli.