TV zombie fungus highlights real world threat of fungal pathogens
Home College and Campus Science Engineering Health Business TV zombie fungus highlights real world threat of fungal pathogens by Ryan O'Hare 30 January 2023 view large Hit TV show The Last of US follows on from an outbreak of a fictitious fungi, but Imperial experts are among those battling very real fungal diseases. This social bookmarking site list month, the long-awaited series The Last of Us hit television screens, to huge praise from critics and fans – gaining a record high audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. At the heart of the show, and the original video game, is an outbreak of a terrifying fungal disease which turns its host into zombies, rapidly spreading around the world and leading to a reset of modern civilisation. In the real world, fungal pathogens are often overlooked, despite more than 200 million people living with severe life-threatening fungal disease, and fungal pathogens killing more than 1 million people a year around the world. Prof...
