Mmmm-mmmm! It's what's in the water that gives JD that very special flavor!!
Cheryl
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Larry E. Matthews wrote:I don't think I saw this in anybody else's post, but don't drink untreated cave water or spring water.
This seems to be such simple advice, that nobody else thought to mention it.
gillip wrote:I got sick from a little cave surveying <snip> On this trip, I saw plenty of evidence of racoon. There was fungus growing on feces, with fungus growing on other fungus. Obviously not very sanitary.
tropicalbats wrote: Is there any chance you have a map of the geographic distribution of this parasite, and maybe could post up some guidelines for the average caver.
Keith
lookingaround wrote:
We've finally had enough time to do some more research on this topic.
Here are several articles documenting airborne transmission of rabies:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases - Effects of Aerosolized Rabies Virus Exposureon Bats and Mice (Publication Date April 15, 2007)
Journal of Wildlife Diseases - Airborne Rabies Virus Isolation
American Journal of Epidemiology - An Outbreak Of Non-Bite Transmitted Rabies In A Laboratory Animal Colony
A Journal for the Society for General Microbiology - Airborne transmission of lyssaviruses
How do we proceed? What do other people think? Are there any medical professionals that could provide some guidance?
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