A deadly fungus that kills up to one in five people it infects may be more common than previously thought, a study suggests.People catch the fungus behind blastomycosis by breathing in spores released by disturbed rotten wood or leaf litter, which can then take root in the lungs and spread to the skin, brain and spinal cord — causing deadly pnuemonia and inflammation.Officials have previously suggested the disease is not common, and only track the infection in five states — mostly in the mid-West.
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