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Author: | Category: Environment & Nature | Health & Medicine | Date: 09-27-2019

Arturo Casadevall, chair of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and his colleagues just issued a report on a deadly fungus, Candida auris, that kills approximately 30% of infected people.

C. auris first appeared in humans in 2009, with genetically different strains afflicting people on three different continents simultaneously, researchers said.

"What could be common to Venezuela, South Africa and India at the same time? These are different regions, populations, climates, you name it," Casadevall said.

Most fungi cannot survive in warm environments such as the human body, but C. auris has adapted to thrive in warmth.

Researchers hypothesize that C. auriis’s mutation is the direct result of global warming and that such adaptations by deadly strains of fungi and other infectious agents could very well occur with increasing frequency as global warming continues apace. Dr. Casadevall states that C. auris could be the “canary in the coal mine,” warning us that this is just the tip of the iceberg. (more)

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20190724/climate-change-blamed-for-deadly-fungus-risk#1

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