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One Health approach could improve India’s response to mycetoma
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Claim 1 of 10Not checkedA One Health approach could improve India’s response to mycetoma by integrating human, animal, and environmental surveillance.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 10Not checkedA 2021 study recorded an unusual case of simultaneous mycetomas in the same patient, with two different species of soil fungi causing the same disease.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 10Not checkedExperts say mycetoma is an environmental disease, and that dryness, temperature, population behaviour, and changing environmental conditions may affect where it occurs.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 10Not checkedResearchers and clinicians believe climate change and irrigation may be changing the balance between fungal and bacterial mycetoma in parts of India and elsewhere.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 10Not checkedIn Rajasthan, local researchers documented a shift in the ratio of fungal to bacterial mycetoma from 4:1 in 2001 to less than 2:1 in 2005 after irrigation changes, though the study was described as inconclusive because it was based only on tertiary-care patients.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 10Not checkedA spatial modelling study involving more than 7,800 patients found that proximity to water bodies, soil wetness, and aridity influenced whether residents of central and southeastern Sudan and along the Nile developed fungal or bacterial mycetoma.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 7 of 10Not checkedThe article says India’s actual mycetoma caseload is unknown because of limited surveillance, and that mycetoma is not yet a notifiable disease in India.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 8 of 10Not checkedA literature review of case reports and series from 1876 to 2019 analysed 19,494 global cases and found the highest numbers from Sudan, Mexico, and India.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 9 of 10Not checkedResearchers are also turning to the exposome to explain why some exposed people develop mycetoma while others do not.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 10 of 10Not checkedThe article cites a 2025 case report in which a kidney transplant recipient developed mycetoma caused by Raghukumaria, a fungus previously found in mangrove wood, after disaster relief work in Caribbean mangroves.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Europe PMC, Crossref · 15 candidate papers
Operationalizing One Health Surveillance for Tropical Fungal Diseases: Practical Implications of Bioinformatics for Clinical and Epidemiological Practice.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2026 · PubMed, Europe PMC
A passive ‘One Health’ surveillance system to track canine rabies in urban India
CABI One Health · 2023 · Crossref
The First Case of Fusarium falciforme Eumycetoma in Sudan and an Extensive Literature Review about Treatment Worldwide.
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023 · PubMed
Mycetoma of breast
Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences · 2020 · Crossref
Advanced Eumycetoma of the Right Foot Resulting in Below-Knee Amputation in Somalia: A Case Report.
2026 · Europe PMC
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