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

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

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The fungal skin infection TMVII is spreading in Minnesota through direct contact. Health experts advise medical care for ...

TMVII spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, and can cause severe and persistent rashes.

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

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

Minnesota health officials warned the public about what they described as the largest known U.S. outbreak of a sexually ...

Health officials are warning about a new case of ringworm likely spread through sex that has been reported in New York City, the first such case in the U.S. The infection, a rare fungus called ...