Most people exposed to cryptococcus neoformans won't get sick, but some do.
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Most people exposed to cryptococcus neoformans won't get sick, but some do.
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The fungal threat to human health is growing in a warmer, wetter, sicker world

In the HBO show "The Last of Us," characters identify zombies among them by the fungi that bursts from their bodies, and fungal parasites manipulate the humans to infect the communities around them.