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Lung infection outbreak tied to bat droppings stirred up in house renovation
By Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press on January 2, 2014.
TORONTO ? Renovating may be all the rage when its comes to older homes, but in some cases there could be danger lurking behind those long-standing walls.
That was the case in Quebec, where more than a dozen people became ill with a pneumonia-like infection after the exterior brick of a century-old house was removed as part of a renovation.
The outbreak, which occurred in May, was reported Thursday in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s weekly morbidity and mortality report.
Fourteen people ? including workers, residents of the house and neighbours ? developed symptoms of histoplasmosis, a fungal disease carried in the droppings of bats and birds. Two of the workers were admitted to hospital and the regional public health department was called in to deal with the outbreak...
Lung infection outbreak tied to bat droppings stirred up in house renovation
By Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press on January 2, 2014.
TORONTO ? Renovating may be all the rage when its comes to older homes, but in some cases there could be danger lurking behind those long-standing walls.
That was the case in Quebec, where more than a dozen people became ill with a pneumonia-like infection after the exterior brick of a century-old house was removed as part of a renovation.
The outbreak, which occurred in May, was reported Thursday in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s weekly morbidity and mortality report.
Fourteen people ? including workers, residents of the house and neighbours ? developed symptoms of histoplasmosis, a fungal disease carried in the droppings of bats and birds. Two of the workers were admitted to hospital and the regional public health department was called in to deal with the outbreak...