
Histoplasmosis and Why It Is a Public Health Concern
What is Histoplasmosis- Histoplasmosis is an infection that is transmitted airborne from fungus spores. The infection is contracted after breathing the fungus spores into the lungs. The origin of this fungus is from droppings from bats and also birds. The fungus spores can also live in the soil causing it to be even more dangerous to people that work with the land. A lot of people never develop any symptoms and never know they even have the disease. The fungus spores mostly l