jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11
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minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoThey really need to rename it. Pretty sure most people assume it’s a parasitic infection.
minus-squareRev3rze@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI work in microbiology and only recently learned it’s actually a fungus. Disclaimer: I’m sure I’ve learned about it in the parasitology classes I’ve had but that was 15 years ago and since then I’ve been in bacteriology and sequencing.
They really need to rename it. Pretty sure most people assume it’s a parasitic infection.
I work in microbiology and only recently learned it’s actually a fungus.
Disclaimer: I’m sure I’ve learned about it in the parasitology classes I’ve had but that was 15 years ago and since then I’ve been in bacteriology and sequencing.