Minnesota is currently experiencing what its health department calls the nation’s largest known outbreak of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VI, or TMVII. It’s a new kind of fungal skin infection associated with sexual contact that can cause severe ringworm.
It can take months to treat the fungal infections, which were first reported in the U.S. in 2024
Minnesota is currently experiencing what its health department calls the nation’s largest known outbreak of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VI, or T... [297 chars]