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Ringworm in humans is caused by organisms belonging to which group?

ABacteria
BFungi
CProtozoans
DRound worms
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Fungi
1. Ringworm is one of the most common infectious diseases in humans. 2. Microsporum is named among the genera responsible. 3. Those genera are fungi, so ringworm is a fungal infection despite the worm in its name. 4. The name comes from the ring shaped lesion, not from any worm. 5. Treating it as a helminth infection would mean the wrong drug entirely. _Source: syllabus Biology Ch7 'Human Health and Disease', section 7.1_
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