A type of fungus that grows “amazingly fast” and can be fatal to people risk spreading. According to a new research, the growing global temperatures can increase the environments in which the Aspergillus fungus thrives.
Mushroom Aspergillus Photo: Shuterstock
Aspergillus, a type of mold that can cause pulmonary and respiratory problems if it infects a man, could infect millions of people a year as it spreads in northern countries in Europe, Asia and America due to temperature rises, the study shows.
“The species of Aspergillus cause serious infections in humans, animals and plants”, According to a research by the University of Manchester, which hosts the largest research center for mushrooms and respiratory infections, according to People.
“Fungal pathogens represent a serious threat to human health, causing infections and disrupting food systems ”, Says Viv Goosens, research manager at Wellcomome Trust, who financed the research.
“Climate change will aggravate these risks. In order to cope with these challenges, we must cover important gaps in research ”, he added.
The problem, according to the research, is that global warming encourages the growth of the fungus. The analysis of the research explains that Aspergillus Flavus, which affects the cultures, could spread by up to 16 % to 2100.
The Aspergillus fungus spreads the photo quickly: Shuterstock
Another type of fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus, which causes infections in people with asthma and other conditions, could cover 77% more soil until 2100.
Aspergillus fumigatus causes aspergilosis, according to the Center for US Diseases, which calls it “The main cause of invasive infections with mold in humans. ” It is also resistant to treatment, and CDC explains that people infected with Aspergillus fumigatus are “33% more prone to death ”.
Increasing global temperatures feeds the fungus, which increases “amazing quickly“In the heat, said Elaine Bignell at Exeter University, co-director at the MRC Center for Medical Micology.
“We are talking about hundreds of thousands of lives and continental changes in the distribution of species”Dr. Norman Van Rhijn, the main author of the study and researcher at the University of Manchester told FT.
“The reality is already quite frightening”, added the specialist.
The threat for mushrooms to take over the world was documented in the famous the Last of Us series, which has become a great success.
The series takes place in a world destroyed by a pandemic caused by fungi, which infects humans and turns them into blood thirsty zombies.
The breathing of spores causes aspergilosis, a potentially fatal pulmonary disease, marked by headaches, fatigue, cough with blood and, in some cases, can spread throughout the body.
