India has registered a global first of a plant fungus infecting humans

The first case of a plant fungus infecting human beings has been reported from Kolkata.
A 61-year-old man suffering from a hoarse voice, cough, fatigue and difficulty in swallowing is infected by the fungal species Chondrostereum purpureum, says new medical reports. This is the first instance of a new danger that the human race may face in the near future. The fungus, Chondrostereum purpureum, is known to cause Silver leaf disease in plants. However, there were no reported instances of this fungus infecting human beings from any part of the world. Of the hundreds of millions of fungal species, only a few cause infections in humans. This may be the start of a new phenomenon when plant fungus is adapting to invade human cells by evading the process of ‘phagocytosis’. ‘Phagocytosis or ‘cell eating’, happens when a cell uses its plasma membrane to recognise and ingest particles larger than 0.5 μm to clean and defend itself.
Soma Dutta and Ujjwayini Ray of the Consultant Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals in the city detected the case from Kolkata.The case published recently in the journal Medical Mycology Case Reports has raised a serious concern that many such instances may happen in future. Human beings with a compromised immune system are most vulnerable to fungal infection.
We witnessed this during the COVID-19 pandemic when a secondary fungal infection from black fungus resulted in over 4,500 deaths. Most fungi thrive in the range of 12°C to 30°C. But to invade human cells, fungi, on one hand, have to be able to evade the phagocytosis pathway and should have the ability to grow at 35-37 °C temperature. Global warming means the narrowing of the thermal difference between the human body and its surroundings. Every degree increase in the global average temperature reduces this gradient by about 5%. This threat is magnified as some fungi can take the benefit of a natural selection-adaptation strategy, and therefore adapt to a higher temperature by thermal selection.
Fungal infections are expected to pose a more significant threat to human beings in the years to come due to climate change, and reasons such as growing resistance to the small number of treatments available.

[jeetu]

Reminds me of "The Last Of Us" 😢

[divanshu]

The guy who got infected, under which category he comes from -

1. Runner
2. Stalker
3. Clicker
4. Bloaters

[muskanojha]

Climate change is going to be the biggest threat for all the species. May this fungus disease doesn't get more serious 🙏 ( this is reminding me of the last of us)

[kookie]

If the fungus is learning how to adapt inside of our body then it's the Worst thing....

[sonicthehedgehogrbx]

Boys remember, headshots only. Don't make any noises, bats and axes are good for combat.

[curiosher]

Doomsday is coming! Imagine Cordyceps infecting humans 😬

[pinkpanther]

it's happening guys make sure to keep your arms arsenal stacked, we're gonna get through this together 💪

[vaibhavanandsharma]

I request the team to also explain certain technical terms used in this informative video. For eg:- a short snippet explaining what is "thermal selection" would be greatly helpful.

[SankatMochan_]

Mushrooms are fungus and not all fungus variety are edible. You must clarify the immunity of the victim before he got in contact with the fungus, the fungus was edible or not. Was the fungus infected or naturally poisonous?

[smars]

Nothing humbles us humans more than mother nature herself

[aniksamiurrahman]

Unbelievable. This demands more investigation. Like how on earth such a host range change happened! Or what's the immune status of the patient etc.

[jennydelaflor]

Working out can keep your body running hot and ready to fight any onset of infection. Good luck everyone.

[curiousbynaturelove]

I just watched the last of us show. And hearing this news😢 i am terrified now.

[cloroxbleach]

"What if, for instance, the world were to get slightly warmer?"

[mewe]

Don't worry guys, Just because a disease spread from Fungus, doesn't mean its gonna be a "Last of us" for all of us 😂😂...Be calm and wait for the next episode than spreading conspiracy.

[aditi]

How did the person come in contact with the fungus? Does it spread from person to person when in contact? How does the fungus spread among plants? Where in Kolkata did the fungus emerge? These are also the questions be raised and answered.

[imneverwrongsometimestruthlies]

That's mind blowing and terrifying at the same time

[farformdestiny]

The voice and the way of representation, make this channel finest among all

[kayn]

In line with this. To think that there are fungi spores making insects zombie like are existing is creepling.

[ajayjaijan]

A web series called last of us show's how a fungs only infect insects is transmitted into humans and cause global pandemic