Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 14, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Mads Christensen wrote: > Steve, > > What is 'valley fever ie coccidiodes imitis' - a disease or are you > pulling my leg? I took my tropic shots before going here and I feel > fine :D a fungus, coccioides imitis, that grows in the deserts of the US Southwest causes valley fever...pulmonary and sometimes disseminated disease...I will send a summary offlist... I'm wondering if that exists in the Iraqi desert... sometimes infection of humans is much increased by a dust storm causing inhalation of the organism... not pulling your leg, (or anything...) Steve > > All I know is that this sandstorm that I experienced last summer is > supposed to be the worst in some 30-40 years. It was as if someone > had placed a filter (large diameter!) in front of the sun. ;-) > > Mads > -- > Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! > Ideal f?r Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information