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A New York man became the first to contract a new form of ringworm transmitted through sex and considered highly contagious.

The fungus — ringworm, despite its name, is not actually a worm — was spread through sexual contact, according to a new study.

“Healthcare providers should be aware that Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII [TMVII] is the latest in a group of severe skin infections to have now reached the United States,” Dr Avrom Caplan, an assistant professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine's dermatology department said in the study.

Caplan was co-author on a case study published on Wednesday that documented the New Yorker who became infected with the fungal strain. He reportedly developed a rash on his penis, buttocks and his limbs as a result of the infection.……..

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ly-transmitted-ringworm-case-us-b2557506.html