“In 2009, a patient in Japan developed a fungal infection on their ear. The highly transmissible Candida auris fungus had been previously unknown to science but within a few years, cases started emerging in Venezuela, Iran, Russia, and South Africa.” (1/x) wired.com/story/fungi-cl…
“Scientists assumed that the spread was due to human travel, but when they sequenced the cases, they were surprised to find that these strains weren’t closely related at all.”
“Instead, scientists were seeing multiple, independent infections of an unknown fungal disease, emerging around the world, all at the same time.”
“About a third of people infected with Candida auris die from the infection within 30 days, and there have now been thousands of cases in 47 countries. Some scientists think this sudden boom in global cases is a harbinger of things to come.”
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