Bob Griffith said:
Every time I see something aoout "developing a possible vaccine" to
combat WVN [WNS?] I want to scream "What idiot came up with
that?". There is no vaccine to treat life threatening fungal
diseases in humans. What makes these people think some
pharmaceutical firm (or anyone else) is going to develop a vaccine
to treat a fungal infection of bats?
Maybe not a vaccine, but just today I heard an interesting
program on the radio about a fungal infection that is killing frogs
worldwide. So far the best counterattack seems to be bacteria that
kill the fungus but don't hurt the frogs. Surely this is known to
bat researchers. The radio segment is
here:
<http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/2009/09/the-courtship-of-barking-frogs/>.
See also the Companion Feature at the bottom of the page. If you
Google 'frog fungus bacteria' you'll get lots of hits, but here is a
good
introduction: <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080604104404.htm>.
Mark Minton
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