Histoplasmosis — Canada
A rare pulmonary disease that is linked to bats has made Alberta home, according to new research led by provincial lab scientists.
Infectious disease experts at Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) and the University of Alberta have confirmed that histoplasmosis — a fungal infection transmitted through bat and bird droppings — is now found in Alberta. Their study extends the known range of the disease much further northwest from its traditional home in the central USA and parts of
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