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Histoplasmosis (also known as cave disease, Darling's disease, Ohio valley disease, reticuloendotheliosis,  spelunker âs lung and caver's disease) is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum'.f symptoms of histoplasmosis infection occur, they will start within 3 to 17 days after exposure; the average is 12â14 days. Most affected individuals have clinically silent manifestations and show no apparent ill effects.
Histoplasmosis is most commonly transmitted when these spores become airborne, often during cleanup or demolition projects. Soil contaminated by bird or bat droppings also can transmit histoplasmosis, so farmers and landscapers are at a higher risk of contracting the disease. In the United States, histoplasmosis commonly occurs in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys, though it can occur in other areas, too. Most people with histoplasmosis never develop symptoms and aren't aware they're infected. But for some people â primarily infants and those with compromised immune systems â histoplasmosis can be serious. Effective treatments are available for even the most severe forms of histoplasmosis.