The real-life zombie fungus that inspired 'The Last of Us' is known for taking over the bodies of bugs. Humans are immune — but we can catch other fungi, especially as they adapt to a warmer climate.
David McNew/Getty Images, humans struggle to survive after an infectious fungus turns ordinary people into zombies. Creators of the franchise didn't look far for inspiration — the series is based off a real-life species of fungus that performs a kind of"mind control" on its insect hosts., otherwise known as cordyceps or zombie-ant fungus, infects insects such as ants or spiders.
"There seems to be some combination of physical manipulation of muscle fibers, for example, possibly growth into the brain itself, that can impact its behavior," he said."But there's also very likely some sort of chemical attack on the host, either small molecules, or proteins or some other things, that end up manipulating brain behavior."said that there are some major differences between how the fungus is portrayed in the show and in real life.
"That may be one reason why we're seeing more fungal infections in human humans, but again, to date, none of them are cordyceps," he said."However, maybe that will happen in the future, but, at the moment, that is not a possibility."
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