Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · United States
University of Michigan study to estimate share of people without valley fever immunity
Researchers at the University of Michigan plan to work out what proportion of people have yet to develop protection against valley fever, a fungal disease the university says is becoming more common.
Why it matters: Researchers at the University of Michigan will carry out the work estimating the share of people lacking protection against valley fever.
The University of Michigan said its researchers plan to estimate what proportion of people have yet to develop immunity to valley fever.
The university describes valley fever as a fungal disease that people catch by breathing in spores, which airborne dust from dry ground can carry.
According to the university, the number of infections caused by the fungus is rising.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
People without immunity to valley fever are the focus of the University of Michigan project, which the university says comes as infection numbers climb.
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