fungal infection

The world of the series is plenty bleak with the ever present threat of the fungal infection that turns human hosts into ravenous, zombie-like creatures.

Those that are infected transform into zombie-like hosts that exist for the sole purpose of spreading the fungal infection to others.

After consulting her dermatologist, Simpson-Einziger was diagnosed with a temporary fungal infection called Tinea versicolor, which can lighten or darken skin pigmentation as a result of humidity.

Two patients died after contracting the fungal infection while being treated at the hospital.

Valley fever is another global infectious threat — this one a fungal infection – that is gaining a stronghold in the U.S.