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Posted on 04/23/2010 2:17:33 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
A potentially deadly strain of fungus is spreading among animals and people in the northwestern United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia, researchers reported on Thursday.
The airborne fungus, called Cryptococcus gattii, usually only infects transplant and AIDS patients and people with otherwise compromised immune systems, but the new strain is genetically different, the researchers said.
"This novel fungus is worrisome because it appears to be a threat to otherwise healthy people," said Edmond Byrnes of Duke University in North Carolina, who led the study.
"The findings presented here document that the outbreak of C. gattii in Western North America is continuing to expand throughout this temperate region," the researchers said in their report, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Pathogens here
"Our findings suggest further expansion into neighboring regions is likely to occur and aim to increase disease awareness in the region."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Say WA? Evergreen State ping I thought Valley Fever was from ticks!
I know that racing dogs in Arizona are very prone to a Valley Fever tickbourne disease.
Yes... dogs are susceptible too.
But no, it's not spread by ticks. It's inhaled.
http://www.vfce.arizona.edu/Content/Documents/Valley%20Fever%20in%20Dogs%20for%20PDF.pdf
I got it when I moved to AZ - knocked me out for a month or two...
it could be worse.....
“The clone of Armillaria ostoyae—the tree-killing fungus that causes Armillaria root disease—covers an area of 9.65 square kilometres, about the size of 6000 hockey rinks or 1600 football fields.”
Humongous Fungus A New Kind Of Individual
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030327074535.htm
How does that work, Taz? Do you mean by falls or by things growing in dirty tubs?
In case you haven’t heard, we have congressional elections coming up this fall and primaries starting next month. Patriotic conservatives need to be focusing on taking back Congress.
Falls was what I had in mind.
Sometimes the fall isn’t directly lethal but about 50% of falls where there is a hip fracture in the elderly are fatal within 6 months.
Post #68 is irrelevant to the thread and is personal harassment to spam my pings page. Please remove.
Also, during the course of responding to pissant’s harassment, my ability to post on FR was frozen and also my ability to report abuse.
Wow. You sure are special. Yes, the words I posted - YOUR WORDS - are irrelevant alright. Why did you put them on MY thread that had nothing to do with the 2010 elections??
Actually, this is all my fault. I was too lazy to wash the dishes.
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