Climate Change Could Make Fungi More Dangerous To Humans

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Higher environmental temperatures may trigger mutations in fungi that lead to increased infectivity, more aggressive growth or to resistance to multiple anti-fungal medications.Public health officials have long been concerned that rising temperatures on Earth could trigger fungi to become more harmful to people.

Ordinarily, mammals are naturally protected from most fungal infections because fungi are cold-adapted organisms that grow best in temperatures that are cooler than those found in and on the bodies of mammals. As a result, fungi cause far fewer diseases in mammals than do bacteria and viruses.

 

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