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

The fungal infection was first detected in Minnesota last July.

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

A sexually transmitted ringworm is spreading in one US state - It can take months to treat the fungal infections, which were ...

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

Recent medical studies reveal that asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present a growing public health concern, particularly among men. While some infections cause noticeable symptoms, ...

Anyone who has sex can get an STI. However, sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are at greater risk. MSM have higher rates of syphilis and make up more than half of ...

Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually transmitted fungal skin infection that can cause severe ringworm.

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

(CNN) — Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some ...

There are more than 30 kinds of bacteria, viruses and parasites that people can pass to their partners while having vaginal, anal or oral sex, the World Health Organization says. Some of these ...