Rare fungus migrates from Canada 
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From: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/02/21/Rare_fungus_migrates_from_Canada/UP...
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Health experts say a rare fungal disease that can be fatal to people has migrated from the Canadian woods to forests in Oregon and Washington.
Cryptococcus gattii has killed 19 people in Canada since 1999 and a total of five people in Oregon and Washington since 2004, The Oregonian reported Saturday.
The fungus lives in soil, water and trees, such as the Douglas fir, and likely spread down Interstate 5 from British Columbia on logging trucks, car tires and people's shoes, said Edmond Byrnes, a scientist at Duke University Medical Center.
"It's likely going to spread down the coast into California," Byrnes said, noting it also could find its way to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
Few people exposed to the fungus will get sick because the body's natural defenses, in most cases, defeats the pathogen, said Dr. Paul Cieslak, of Oregon's Public Health Division, adding no one should avoid camping or walking in the woods.
"It's so rare that it's frankly not worth thinking about in that way," Cieslak said.
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This is a reply to # 1,365,609"the body's natural defenses"
Right... I would have to say they aren't taking into account the environmental toxins, mercury fillings, chem trails, bacteria, parasites, daily stresses, and whatever else that compounds that list that assaults those "natural defenses".
It will be interesting to see what they will have to say in a few more years about this as it migrates from state-to-state.- "The body's natural defenses..." fledgling
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This is a reply to # 1,366,279Dear Rabbitears,
I am wondering...
We may tend to think "natural defenses," full stop...and forget that all of those developed over time...long, long times.
In fact, some believe that we, ourselves, are descendants of one unusual woman, 'Lucy', born in Africa years ago.
Their theory goes that she was a 'sport', genetically different than her tribe and ancestors...able to 'defend' herself and her descendants against more difficulties than anyone who had come before.
(I believe that one difficulty was cold.)
The theory goes on to suggest that Lucy's descendants spread further North, over generations, and eventually replaced those with genes not resistant to the damages of cold.
(I am relying on my memory of the article I read many years ago.)
Another article, or film, discussed the apparent 'thousand year' cycle of elephants who rely upon the acacia tree for food.
Elephants will come into a plain where acacia trees are plentiful (not quite a 'forest' as we understand the term), and, within the elephants' usual migration patterns, will eat their fill of the trees.
Eventually the elephants will knock over the trees, to get the topmost leaves.
Meanwhile, dung beetles will roll balls of elephant dung, containing expelled, undigested, acacia seeds, into their burrows to feed their young.
Dung beetle young do not eat acacia seeds, therefore, the seeds are effectively 'planted'.
When the acacia trees are decimated on that plain, the elephants move to another area where acacia trees are full-grown...allowing the 'planted' trees to flourish once more.
Another story about elephants which have been hunted for their ivory is that the males, who don't mate until they are 40 years old, are now mating at 30...and with females beyond their usual breeding age...to preserve the species.
What other cycles and capabilities are at work in this world?
I can't help but think that even we are 'changing', adapting, to fit at least some of the 'conditions' we are encountering.
"The body's natural defenses" may be far more than we know, I think.
Fledgling
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This is a reply to # 1,373,639Hi Fledging:
It's always good to hear from you. :)
Yes, I do think that we can adapt and this is what I find amazing about the human body. What I've encountered in dealing with co-infections and fighting parasites, I'm really shocked that I'm still alive! Seriously.
Although we adapt, I decided long time ago that I don't want whatever is around me to slowly eat me away from the inside-out. Fungal invasion and whatever are treacherous. There has been plenty of evidence of ancient tombs showing that people died from one of the 3 main co-factors (my hit list): parasites, molds, or bacteria.
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This is a reply to # 1,365,609
Looks like this fungus is back and killing in Oregon.
Seems like a lab created variety to me.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36722426#storyContinued
Thanks,
Paraboy
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