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This is stated by the North American immunologist Arturo Casadevall, who has participated in the opening of the 21st International Symposium of Astacalogy held in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. Fungi are microorganisms that are favored by high temperatures, so with the changes that are taking place in the climate, it is to be expected that its population increases rapidly.
In doing so, according to the expert, will cause infectious diseases that will affect us, since in addition, he added, it is difficult to find vaccines that can combat and eliminate them.
Arturo Casadevall, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, in the United States, has been studying infectious diseases for decades. About 20 years ago he started research to study and understand the AIDS virus. Specifically, he is interested in fungal pathogenesis, how the antibodies act and, above all, what is the mechanism of action of the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.
According to him, in the very near future we will have to wage a war against fungi. A war that is not known who will win it, since these microorganisms »they will never disappear», Because at the same time that some disappear, others appear and / or the same but more strengthened.
To this must be added that human beings are destroying the habitat where animals and plants live. In doing so, "microbes emerge with virulence and can cause infectious diseases immediately due to the relationship that people have with plants and animals», The expert warned.
Casadevall has described the studies that are being carried out both in the Royal Botanical Garden and in other centers as important. And it is that infectious diseases and invasive plants have a very direct relationship. But not only that, but each and every one of us is interrelated, so it is necessary to study the changes that occur in ecosystems to prevent the situation from worsening.