Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Histoplasmosis – Canada: (NF) ex Cuba, tourists, caving, poss. bat guano expos.
PRO/AH/EDR> Histoplasmosis – Canada: (NF) ex Cuba, tourists, caving, poss. bat guano expos.
Histoplasmosis -- CanadaA Newfoundland woman is warning travellers to do their research before adventurous excursions abroad after she and several other Newfoundlanders became ill from a mysterious disease traced back to a cave she visited in Cuba. The illness was eventually identified as a respiratory infection called histoplasmosis, or "cave disease," caused by spores from bird or bat droppings in damp soil.[She] of Paradise, NL, travelled to Cuba with her husband on 27 Apr [2019], but her fever-like Read more [...]
