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Contagious means that a disease can be passed from one person to another, like a cold. This is not. A person gets this by inhaling fungus spores.

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Valley fever is spread by wind blown spores of a fungus. It is not contagious that is it is not spread from one person to another.

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Valley fever can only be spread through the air the contains the spores of the fungi that causes this.

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No. Any mammal that gets this is not contagious. It can not be spread from dog to dog or dog to human.

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