I have also heard that TB remains in the soil.

--- Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> There is another thing that lasts in soil for a very
> long time. I no longer
> recall the spelling, but out here in California it
> is called Valley Fever
> (coccidiodidiomycosis [or some such spelling] and
> another variant found in caves is
> Histoplasmosis. Both survive in soil for centuries
> and attack respiratory
> passages and blood. One person, it was rumored in
> the 1960s, had an attack to the
> exterior heart tissue. Once airborne, it can be a
> problem for weeks. The
> Valley Fever has been found in chicken coops and
> chicken ranches. There was a
> story that two Mountain Gorillas brought to the San
> Diego Zoo during the 1940s
> died because someone brought in soil from a
> prehistoric site in the town of
> Bonita, which contained Valley Fever. Lots of people
> get it, then it passes they
> only thought they had a cold. Others are attacked
> like pneumonia and some folks
> die. Once you survive, your body is immune to TB.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, INc.
>




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