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Potentially deadly fungus spreading in U.S. and Canada
Reuters ^ | April 22, 2010 | Eric Beech

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 ...


TOPICS: Canada
KEYWORDS: cgattii; cryptococcusgattii; fungus; publichealth
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To: La Enchiladita
DOOOOM!
61 posted on 04/23/2010 8:35:29 PM PDT by Allegra (Pablo is very wily.)
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62 posted on 04/24/2010 6:28:23 AM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: az_gila

I thought Valley Fever was from ticks!


63 posted on 04/24/2010 8:23:40 AM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: acoulterfan

I know that racing dogs in Arizona are very prone to a Valley Fever tickbourne disease.


64 posted on 04/24/2010 8:25:21 AM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: acoulterfan
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...

65 posted on 04/24/2010 10:00:49 AM PDT by az_gila (AZ - one Governor down... we don't want her back...)
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To: az_gila

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


66 posted on 04/24/2010 10:10:10 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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To: TASMANIANRED

How does that work, Taz? Do you mean by falls or by things growing in dirty tubs?


67 posted on 04/24/2010 3:10:09 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: La Enchiladita

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.


68 posted on 04/24/2010 3:38:24 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: La Enchiladita

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.


69 posted on 04/24/2010 4:06:16 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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To: pissant; denydenydeny; Admin Moderator

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.


70 posted on 04/24/2010 4:13:57 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: La Enchiladita

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??


71 posted on 04/24/2010 4:23:42 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: La Enchiladita

Actually, this is all my fault. I was too lazy to wash the dishes.


72 posted on 04/26/2010 2:48:29 PM PDT by dr_who
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