[SunkenCiv]

The disease associated with the "Lost City of the Monkey God" is leishmaniasis, a flesh-eating parasitic infection caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus. During the 2015 expedition to La Ciudad Blanca in Honduras, many members of the exploration team contracted this severe disease, which can cause painful skin sores and, in some forms, progressive damage to the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth, and throat. Untreated, leishmaniasis can lead to severe disfigurement and is notoriously difficult to treat, requiring months of intense medical care.

• A Tropical Parasite, Passed Through the Bite of a Sand Fly, Is Causing Skin Infections in the US [10/22/2023]
• SWEDISH doctors report deadly parasitic disease has doubled since Merkel's 2015 Muslim invasion [05/03/2019]
• Atlantic's Goldberg: Fox News Triggers 'Bible-Readers' With Talk of Immigrant Leprosy [10/30/2018]
• Terrible Disease Traced Back To Syrian Refugees [06/03/2016]
• Graphic Pics: Migrants Fleeing Islamic State Risk Bringing Deadly Flesh Eating Disease To Europe [05/30/2016]
• Syrian refugees are a health hazard to US by bringing flesh-eating leishmaniasis disease [12/27/2015]
• Breaking: Muslim 'Refugees' Caught Carrying New Disease That is Worse Than AIDS [12/22/2015]
• Rare, non-fatal skin disease found in N. Texans[may have migrated north from the Mexican border] [09/14/2007]
• A Small Charity Takes the Reins in Fighting a Neglected Disease [07/31/2006]
• Parasites' genetic code 'cracked' [07/17/2005]
• Baghdad Boil to Return? [05/13/2004]
• Combating a little-known enemy (Iraqi sand fly) [05/10/2004]
• Fighting Deadly Desert Bugs [03/08/2004]
• Some soldiers can't donate (leishmaniasis threatens military's blood supply) [02/12/2004]
• US soldiers in Iraq infected with skin disease [12/06/2003]
• Hundreds of U.S. Troops Infected by Parasite Borne by Sand Flies, Army Says [12/06/2003]
• 'Baghdad Boil' disease afflicts 148 GIs in Iraq [12/05/2003]
• Skin lesions afflict troops in Iraq [12/05/2003]
• Skin disease infects U.S. soldiers in Iraq [10/27/2003]

[mass55th]

I’m a fan of Preston and Child’s Pendergast series. Have also read some of their trilogy series and many of their stand-alone books. “The Lost City of the Monkey God” was one of them. Quite a while ago, Amazon had a special on it in Kindle format so I took the plunge. Besides skin eating parasites, they had to be extremely careful of the Fer de Lance snake, a highly venomous pit viper species.

[BradyLS]

By the 1930s, there were rumors of a place in Honduras called the "City of the Monkey God", which was equated with Ciudad Blanca, and in 1939 adventurer Theodore Morde claimed to have found it and brought thousands of artifacts back to the United States to prove it... He never revealed the precise location of his find as he feared the site would be looted, and he died before returning to the site for a proper excavation...

”I…I didn’t loot anything. I brought all this stuff back for science.”

[doorgunner69]

A few short treks through the triple canopy rain forest in Panama was enough to never want to be near that stuff again.

Do not touch anything or your skin will let you know.
Flies that lay eggs under your skin.

Instant sweat soaked cloths.

[waterhill]

Mr. Preston saving face.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Fauci will probably want to do some gain-of-function research on it.

[piasa]

Isn’t this what Fauci’s beagles experiments with sand flies were about? Finding a preventative?

[CandyFloss]

How could some people live there and build a city?

[equaviator]

"“I would never trade that experience for anything. It was so powerful”"

Somehow, I'm not impressed.

[Hot Tabasco]

I had the good fortune of touring the Mayan ruins in Copan, Honduras, with a resident guide on my last trip to that country.

Fascinating history

[Scarlett156]

As always, THANKS FOR POSTING!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Its been a long time, but this is a bit like reading a Tom Swift novel!

[cyn]

Interesting! Thanks for posting story and the links.

Happy 7/7/25

[Conan the Librarian]

One of the scariest books I have ever read. The first parts are great: exploring, finding, learning. Then they go home and the disease sets in. And there is no cure!!!

Almost as bad as the Hot Zone!