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

The fungal skin infection TMVII is spreading in Minnesota through direct contact. Health experts advise medical care for ...

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

Doxy-PEP reshapes STI prevention, while congenital syphilis surges; experts urge scaling HIV and STI care infrastructure to ...

Sexually transmitted infections stand as a significant public health concern affecting millions of individuals worldwide regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation. While the terms STI and STD ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- A sexually transmitted form of ringworm recently made its way into the United States. So far, there has only been one reported case -- a patient in New York City. Trichophyton ...

The fungal infection was first detected in Minnesota last July.

It's time to develop more effective ways to control and prevent sexually transmitted gut infections, urge the authors of an article appearing today in Clinical Microbiology Reviews, a journal of the ...

Sexually transmitted infections are common in Hawaii—more common than the flu, according to the Hawaii Department of Health.

ATLANTA — In May, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in certain sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, and syphilis, while infections of ...