Minnesota health officials warned the public about what they described as the largest known U.S. outbreak of a sexually transmitted ringworm.

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Sexually transmitted ringworm, known as trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, or TMVII, is a fungus that infects the skin.

Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually transmitted fungal skin infection that can cause severe ringworm.

Minnesota health officials are urging people with symptoms to refrain from sexual contact ...

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TMVII spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, and can cause severe and persistent rashes.

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