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Give an account of fungal diseases in human.

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Fungal disease are known before bacterial diseases in human. The fungal genera, Trichophyton, Mictosporum and Epidemophyton cause a skin infection in human being called Dermatomycosis.
Ring Worm is also one of most common diseases in humans. The main symptoms of this disease include appearance of dry, scaly lesions on the skin, nails and scalp. Generally these fungi grows in skin folds such as those in between toes and in the groin due to heat and moisture. Tenea pedis causes ring worms of feet called Athlete.s foot. The infection of ring worms are acquired from soil. The transmission of this disease may also be carried by using clothes, towels and comb used by infected persons.
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