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Husband and wife team research fungus

(18 February 2003)

Stockton-based bio-chemists Professor Adrian Walmsley and his wife Dr Maria Inges Borges-Walmsley are travelling to Brazil to begin new research into a dangerous fungus.

Tiny spores from the Latin American fungus Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis can be breathed in by humans. The spores attack the lungs and can spread to other tissue in the body. The fungus, which thrives in hot climates, can be fatal if not treated.
This item was reported in The Northern Echo (14/02/03).