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Ringworm can also be acquired from other animals such as horses, pigs, ferrets, and cows. The fungus can also be spread by touching inanimate objects like personal care products, bed linen, combs, athletic gear, or hair brushes contaminated by an affected person. [3] Individuals at high risk of acquiring ringworm include those who: [citation ...
[3] [4] Ringworm can spread from other animals or between people. [3] Diagnosis is often based on the appearance and symptoms. [5] It may be confirmed by either culturing or looking at a skin scraping under a microscope. [5] Prevention is by keeping the skin dry, not walking barefoot in public, and not sharing personal items. [3]
The fungi tend to spread to areas of skin that are kept warm and moist, such as with insulation (clothes), body heat, and sweat. However, the spread of the infection is not limited to skin. Toe nails become infected with fungi in the same way as the rest of the foot, typically by being trapped with fungi in the warm, dark, moist inside of a shoe.
Microsporum gallinae is a fungus of the genus Microsporum that causes dermatophytosis, commonly known as ringworm. [1] Chickens represent the host population of Microsporum gallinae but its opportunistic nature allows it to enter other populations of fowl, mice, squirrels, cats, [ 2 ] dogs and monkeys. [ 3 ]
Because spread is thought to occur through direct contact with affected individuals, large outbreaks have been known to occur in schools and other places where children are in close quarters; however, indirect spread through contamination with infected objects may also be a factor in the spread of infection. In the US, tinea capitis is thought ...
Marburg is spread through contact with Egyptian rousette bats, or by contact with infected individuals. There are two kinds of viruses that spread Mpox, the CDC says: Clade I and Clade II.
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