From:
Debbie Hunton
Date: 2010-04-23 05:32:48 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Anyone Know if This Fungus Affects Ferrets?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Title:=A0 Deadly Airborne Fungus Spreading in Northwest
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Link:=A0 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591387,00.html
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Excerpt:
"From 1999 through 2003, the cases were largely restricted to Vancouver Isl=
and," the report reads.=A0"Between 2003 and 2006, the outbreak expanded int=
o neighboring mainland British Columbia and then into Washington and Oregon=
from 2005 to 2009. Based on this historical trajectory of expansion, the o=
utbreak may continue to expand into the neighboring region of Northern Cali=
fornia, and possibly further."
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The spore-forming fungus can cause symptoms in people and animals two weeks=
or more after exposure. They include a cough that lasts for weeks, sharp c=
hest pain, shortness of breath, headache, fever, nighttime sweats and weigh=
t loss.
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It has also turned up in cats, dogs, an alpaca and a sheep.
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[I don't know about that species (gattii) but the
genus (Cryptococcus) has infected ferrets so
the potential is probably there. Luckily, this is
still a rare illness.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20367045
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19306217
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17370514
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17078253
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15626222
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12537139
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12395765
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10860151
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7115232
In the FHL Archives:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
Cryptococcus brings up 40 past posts.
More on this illness is in
<http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/58551/title/Emerging_Northwest_=
fungal_disease_develops_virulent_Oregon_strain>
-- moderator]
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