Research
Sewers could hold the key to detecting deadly fungal infections
Phys.org ·
The Brief
- Fungal infections are reported to kill around 2.5 million people worldwide each year, more than tuberculosis and malaria combined.
- Most people are described as unaware of the fungi responsible, and few health systems track them in an organized way.
- The headline proposes that sewers could help detect deadly fungal infections.
Why it matters
Fungal disease is under-tracked compared with its death toll, so monitoring approaches that work at population level could matter for public health surveillance.
Who’s affected
- public health officials and surveillance teams
- clinicians and researchers in infectious disease and mycology
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- #microbiology
Every year, fungal infections kill around 2.5 million people worldwide, more than tuberculosis and malaria combined. Yet most people may have never heard of the fungi responsible, and few health systems track them in any organized way.
Timeline
Biology News reported that sewers could hold the key to detecting deadly fungal infections
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Sewers could hold the key to detecting deadly fungal infections