The consequences of our changing environment on life threatening and debilitating fungal diseases in humans

N Van Rhijn, M Bromley - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human activities have significantly impacted the environment and are changing our climate
in ways that will have major consequences for ourselves, and endanger animal, plant and …

Assessing global fungal threats to humans

J Xu - MLife, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are an integral part of the earth's biosphere. They are broadly distributed in all
continents and ecosystems and play a diversity of roles. Here, I review our current …

Climate change and the emergence of fungal pathogens

NE Nnadi, DA Carter - PLoS pathogens, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The role of the environment in emerging and reemerging infectious diseases is increasingly
recognized [1, 2]. Climate change, defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of climate change and natural disasters on fungal infections

D Seidel, S Wurster, JD Jenks, H Sati… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
The effects of climate change and natural disasters on fungal pathogens and the risks for
fungal diseases remain incompletely understood. In this literature review, we examined how …

The global burden of fungal diseases

S Vallabhaneni, RK Mody, T Walker… - Infectious Disease …, 2016 - id.theclinics.com
Assessment of the global burden and epidemiologic trends of fungal diseases is critical to
prioritizing prevention strategies, diagnostic modalities, and therapeutic interventions. The …

Fungal exposome, human health, and unmet needs: a 2022 update with special focus on allergy

J Vitte, M Michel, A Malinovschi, M Caminati… - Allergy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Humans inhale, ingest, and touch thousands of fungi each day. The ubiquity and diversity of
the fungal kingdom, reflected by its complex taxonomy, are in sharp contrast with our scarce …

Global warming will bring new fungal diseases for mammals

MA Garcia-Solache, A Casadevall - MBio, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungi are major pathogens of plants, other fungi, rotifers, insects, and amphibians, but
relatively few cause disease in mammals. Fungi became important human pathogens only …

Threats posed by the fungal kingdom to humans, wildlife, and agriculture

MC Fisher, SJ Gurr, CA Cuomo, DS Blehert, H Jin… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungal kingdom includes at least 6 million eukaryotic species and is remarkable with
respect to its profound impact on global health, biodiversity, ecology, agriculture …

Emergence and evolution of virulence in human pathogenic fungi

S Siscar-Lewin, B Hube, S Brunke - Trends in microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
One billion people worldwide are affected by fungal pathogens, of which 1.6 million
succumb to fungal infections per year. This review discusses the emergence and evolution …

Recent trends in the epidemiology of fungal infections

EE Seagle, SL Williams, TM Chiller - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2021 - id.theclinics.com
Discussion The epidemiology of fungal diseases is constantly evolving. Environmental
changes, medical advancements, emerging species, and diagnostic and therapeutic …