Study Identifies Soil Fungus , That Causes Lung Infections , Across the US.<br />Gizmodo reports that a new study suggests that <br />an illness-causing fungus called histoplasma <br />may now be found in the soil of nearly all U.S. states.<br />Gizmodo reports that a new study suggests that <br />an illness-causing fungus called histoplasma <br />may now be found in the soil of nearly all U.S. states.<br />According to researchers, doctors may be <br />missing diagnoses of the deadly infection due <br />to outdated risk maps.<br />Previously, histoplasma, or histo, was believed to <br />be found in the soil of central and eastern states, <br />mostly in Ohio and the Mississippi River valley.<br />Previously, histoplasma, or histo, was believed to <br />be found in the soil of central and eastern states, <br />mostly in Ohio and the Mississippi River valley.<br />However, the team behind the new study <br />suggest that those beliefs were based on <br />research conducted back in the 1950s and 60s. .<br />The team looked at over 45 million Medicare <br />records from 2007 to 2016 and found <br />evidence of histo in almost every state. .<br />The team looked at over 45 million Medicare <br />records from 2007 to 2016 and found <br />evidence of histo in almost every state. .<br />In 48 out of 50 states, the team found that <br />histo was responsible for clinically relevant <br />rates of illness in at least one county.<br />Fungal infections are much more common <br />than people realize, and they’re spreading, Andrej Spec, Study author and associate professor of medicine <br />at Washington University in St. Louis, via Gizmodo.<br />The scientific community has underinvested <br />in studying and developing treatments <br />for fungal infections. I think that’s <br />beginning to change, but slowly, Andrej Spec, Study author and associate professor of medicine <br />at Washington University in St. Louis, via Gizmodo.<br />Exposure to histo and other pathogens can occur <br />through activities that disrupt the soil, <br />like farming, landscaping or construction.<br />Exposure to histo and other pathogens can occur <br />through activities that disrupt the soil, <br />like farming, landscaping or construction.<br />Exposure to histo and other pathogens can occur <br />through activities that disrupt the soil, <br />like farming, landscaping or construction.<br />It’s important for the medical community <br />to realize these fungi are essentially <br />everywhere these days and that we need <br />to take them seriously and include <br />them in considering diagnoses, Andrej Spec, Study author and associate professor of medicine <br />at Washington University in St. Louis, via Gizmodo.<br />It’s important for the medical community <br />to realize these fungi are essentially <br />everywhere these days and that we need <br />to take them seriously and include <br />them in considering diagnoses, Andrej Spec, Study author and associate professor of medicine <br />at Washington University in St. Louis, via Gizmodo
