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

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

Minnesota is currently experiencing what its health department calls the nation's largest known outbreak of TMVII, a fungal STD. The post Minnesota sees nation's largest known outbreak of rare, fungal ...

The fungal infection was first detected in Minnesota last July.

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.

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

Minnesota health officials say the state is currently dealing with the United States' "largest known outbreak" of a sexually transmitted fungus that can cause ringworm.

Most patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms suggestive of sexually transmitted infections are not tested, a US study finds.

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 ...

Eight Texas cities landed in the top 100 cities in the U.S. with the highest sexually transmitted disease infection rates, according to a recent study. Innerbody, a healthcare research group, used the ...

The US is in the midst of an “out of control” STD epidemic, with cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia on the rise nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says gonorrhea cases ...