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Article Source: Canada.comWASHINGTON -- A newly discovered strain of virulent airborne fungi that has already killed several people in Oregon in the US Pacific Northwest could reach California and other areas, scientists warn.
But infections from the new genotypes of Cryptococcus gattii fungi (or C. gattii), first reported in 2005, are not common and are not transmitted between humans, thus reducing the risk of an epidemic, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PLoS Pathogens.
Genbank possesses two strains of Cryptococcus bacillisporus the same toxic mold: Cryptococcus bacillisporus R265 and Cryptococcus bacillisporus WM276. New strain produced in the lab? The mold is found in eucalyptus tree hollows and can become air-born. Due to the fact that so few immune compromised humans have contracted illness due to exposure to the fungi leads one to believe that the level of caution being placed on this vector points to an intentional introduction of this toxin into the environment may be emanate. There are at least half a dozen extremely lethal molds in our work and home enivironment...ignored by the CDC, even though we are chronically ill and may even experience death....what gives?
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