Globally, about 1.5 million people die from them each year, with few working treatments available, if any, according to the Microbiology Society.
In the HBO show"The Last of Us," characters identify zombies among them by the fungi that bursts from their bodies, and fungal parasites manipulate the humans to infect the communities around them.
People are also reading… "Fungi are just seeking sources of food, and in the eyes of many saprotropic fungi, we are just food," he added. Millions of infections each yearScientists are finding new fungi all the time -- they found four just last year -- but not all of them are a threat to humans. One of the four on WHO's list of the most critical species is cryptococcus neoformans, a pathogenic yeast that lives in the soil. People can inhale fungal cells, and most don't get sick. But in those with a suppressed immune system, it can affect the lungs and spread to the nervous system and blood. Over the years, this fungus has become resistant to some treatments.
Others are vulnerable to the more severe consequences of fungal infections because they don't have access to medicines more commonly available in the West. For instance, cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of death for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa because they don't have access to treatments, studies have found.
"Viruses have this way of suppressing the immune response, and some of the drugs we're using to combat the viruses are also having an effect where they're making it easier for fungi to invade," he said.Fisher said some fungi also seem to"appear out of nowhere" and"are quite quietly spreading around the world, causing silent pandemics," such as Candida auris."The world is becoming warmer and wetter.
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