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Minnesota is epicenter of nation's "largest known outbreak" of sexually transmitted ringworm, health officials say

Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually transmitted fungal skin infection that can cause severe ringworm.