Blastomycosis — United States
A posting has gone viral on Facebook. In it, a local woman claims several of her friends contracted a dangerous fungus while tubing down the Little Wolf River. Blastomycosis is a fungal infection [that] causes flu-like symptoms and respiratory issues.
[The patient] says a month ago she and a group of friends came to the Wolf River Campground in New London [Wisconsin] to go tubing. Afterwards she and 3 friends became ill, all diagnosed with the same fungal infection, blastomycosis,
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