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Why does the CDC want us to 'Think Fungus'?

  • Written by Murat Can Kalem, Ph.D. Candidate. Graduate Research Assistant, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
_Candida auris_ fungi, is becoming resistant to many anti fungal drugs.Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com

When people think of infectious microbes, they typically think of bacteria and virus. There is, however, another enormous group of organisms that can affect our health: fungi.

It is estimated that there are 5.1 million species of fungi on Earth, from...

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