A dermatophyte known as Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) has been identified as the cause of an emerging ...

Doctors Report First U.S. Cases of Sexually Transmitted Ringworm Rash By ... Until now, transmission of the fungal infection through skin-to-skin sexual contact has been rare, although cases ...

A fungus that causes genital infections has seen a spike in cases in New York City, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. The fungus, named Trichophyton mentagrophytes ...

According to the National Coalition of STD directors, America is in an unprecedented sexually transmitted infection epidemic.

After years of seeing sexually transmitted infection (STI) case numbers rise nationwide, new data shows that number appears ...

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels.

Doctors in New York City are reporting the first known U.S. cases of sexually transmitted ringworm, a fungal infection causing a rash All five known cases involved men who have sex with men The ...

Doctors in New York City are describing the first known U.S. cases of sexually transmitted ringworm ... transmission of the fungal infection through skin-to-skin sexual contact has been rare ...