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==Historical Perspective==
==Historical Perspective==
The illness is mentioned in episode Lines in the Sand of the TV Show ''House'', as the cause of a young girl's loss of inhibition. The illness does not actually cause loss of inhibition, nor does it cause milky tears. This was not a factual error in the episode: House was tricking the girl, however this was not obvious to many viewers.
*In 1892, Alejandro Posadas (a medical student) along with his mentor, Robert Wernicke discovered coccidomycosis .
 
*In 1896, Emmet Rixford and T. Caspar Gilchrist coined the term coccidomycosis (resembling Coccidia), they also grouped coccidomycosis under parasitic family.
It is also the center of an episode of the TV series Bones, ''The Man In the Fallout Shelter''. After being exposed to the fungus, the team was quarantined over Christmas to determine whether or not they had become infected. It was erroneously claimed to be contagious from person to person.
*In 1900, William Ophüls and Herbert C. Moffitt described its dimorphic nature and defined it as a fungal etiology.
*In 1914, Cooke discovered coccidioidin skin test using precipitin reaction for the first time in diagnosing coccidomycosis.


===Biological Warfare===
===Biological Warfare===
''C. immitis'' was investigated by the United States during the 1950s and 1960s as a potential biological weapon. The Cash strain received the military symbol OC, and original hopes were for its use as an incapacitant. As medical epidemiology later made clear, OC would have lethal effects on several segments of the population, so it was later considered a lethal agent. It was never standardized, and beyond a few field trials, it was never weaponized. Most military work on OC was on vaccines by the mid-1960s.
''C. immitis'' was investigated by the United States during the 1950s and 1960s as a potential biological weapon. The Cash strain received the military symbol OC, and original hopes were for its use as an incapacitant. As medical epidemiology later made clear, OC would have lethal effects on several segments of the population, so it was later considered a lethal agent. It was never standardized, around beyond a few field trials, it was never weaponized. Most military work on OC was on vaccines by the mid-1960s.


==References==
==References==

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Historical Perspective

  • In 1892, Alejandro Posadas (a medical student) along with his mentor, Robert Wernicke discovered coccidomycosis .
  • In 1896, Emmet Rixford and T. Caspar Gilchrist coined the term coccidomycosis (resembling Coccidia), they also grouped coccidomycosis under parasitic family.
  • In 1900, William Ophüls and Herbert C. Moffitt described its dimorphic nature and defined it as a fungal etiology.
  • In 1914, Cooke discovered coccidioidin skin test using precipitin reaction for the first time in diagnosing coccidomycosis.

Biological Warfare

C. immitis was investigated by the United States during the 1950s and 1960s as a potential biological weapon. The Cash strain received the military symbol OC, and original hopes were for its use as an incapacitant. As medical epidemiology later made clear, OC would have lethal effects on several segments of the population, so it was later considered a lethal agent. It was never standardized, around beyond a few field trials, it was never weaponized. Most military work on OC was on vaccines by the mid-1960s.

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