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Q5: Why would organisms on land and in water get sick? Part 4- More to the Story Once C. gattii was identified and developed into an epidemic, scientists at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, as well as at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States, paid attention. Between 1999–2007, there were 218 cases noted in humans with 19 deaths (8.7%) in British Columbia. The disease continues, but at a lower rate and has spread to mainland British Columbia and northwestern United States (Washington and Oregon). People cannot spread it from person to person or person to animal. Incubation may be between 6 weeks to 11 months. Q6: How do you think that this fungus got to Vancouver Island? Q7: Why "all of a sudden" were organisms getting sick? (hint- review background, and do a little research on Vancouver Island in the 1990s.) Q8: Why is treating a fungal infection more difficult than treating a viral or bacterial infection? Q9: What can be done to control the spread of the organism?

          Q5: Why would organisms on land and in water get sick?
Part 4- More to the Story
Once C. gattii was identified and developed into an epidemic, scientists at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, as well as at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States, paid attention. Between 1999–2007, there were 218 cases noted in humans with 19 deaths (8.7%) in British Columbia. The disease continues, but at a lower rate and has spread to mainland British Columbia and northwestern United States (Washington and Oregon). People cannot spread it from person to person or person to animal. Incubation may be between 6 weeks to 11 months.
Q6: How do you think that this fungus got to Vancouver Island?
Q7: Why "all of a sudden" were organisms getting sick? (hint- review background, and do a little research on Vancouver Island in the 1990s.)
Q8: Why is treating a fungal infection more difficult than treating a viral or bacterial infection?
Q9: What can be done to control the spread of the organism?

Q5: Why would organisms on land and in water get sick?
Part 4- More to the Story
Once C. gattii was identified and developed into an epidemic, scientists at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, as well as at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States, paid attention. Between 1999–2007, there were 218 cases noted in humans with 19 deaths (8.7%) in British Columbia. The disease continues, but at a lower rate and has spread to mainland British Columbia and northwestern United States (Washington and Oregon). People cannot spread it from person to person or person to animal. Incubation may be between 6 weeks to 11 months.
Q6: How do you think that this fungus got to Vancouver Island?
Q7: Why "all of a sudden" were organisms getting sick? (hint- review background, and do a little research on Vancouver Island in the 1990s.)
Q8: Why is treating a fungal infection more difficult than treating a viral or bacterial infection?
Q9: What can be done to control the spread of the organism?

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