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The news of a Kolkata man getting infected by plant fungi surfaced a few days ago, and this case was the first of its kind to be spotted in a human. This even surprised scientists and other medical experts, as a few things did not really add up.
So to dive in to this strange diagnosis, experts have been trying to dig deep into this virus that infected a 61-year-old plant mycologist from West Bengal. He has become the first case of fungal infection caused by plants, according to a report published in the journal, Medical Mycology Case.
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