ASPERGILLOSIS FUNGAL INFECTION

WHY IN NEWS ? Amid the country’s battle against covid-19 pandemic and increasing cases of mucormycosis, Doctors in Ghaziabad, Mumbai and Gujarat have reported cases of new disease called ‘aspergillosis’. What is Aspergillosis? Aspergillosis is a fungal infection, fungal growth or allergic reaction caused due to Aspergillus fungus. The fungus is found indoors as well as outdoors. It lives on decaying vegetation or dead leaves. This fungal infection is not as deadly as black fungus but it can turn fatal too. How do people contract this infection? People can come in contact with the fungus by breathing in microscopic “aspergillus spores” from....Read More