The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said this week the state is experiencing the country’s “largest known outbreak” of an emerging sexually transmitted fungus that can cause ringworm. The genital ...

Sexually transmitted ringworm, known as trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, or TMVII, is a fungus that infects the skin.

Unlike most fungi that cause ringworm, TMVII is spread through close sexual contact and is more likely to cause inflammatory ...

Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually ...

Minnesota is seeing the largest outbreak of sexually transmitted ringworm in the U.S., with infections disproportionately ...

Health officials in Minnesota say the state is seeing an outbreak of a new, sexually transmitted fungal skin infection.

The fungal infection was first detected in Minnesota last July.

You can get ringworm via contact with an infected person, contaminated soil, or an infected animal. You can also contract ringworm from contact with a contaminated object, such as shared gym equipment ...

Ringworm (also called dermatophytosis) is a contagious fungal disease that affects the keratin of a dog’s hair, skin and ...

Minnesota health officials say the state is currently dealing with the United States' "largest known outbreak" of a sexually ...