It is a parasitic fungus that has nearly wiped out mankind globally. In the last of us the infection began to spread in the united states in late september 2013.
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Unilateralis infects ants of the camponotini tribe with the full pathogenesis being characterized by alteration of the behavioral patterns of the infected ant.
Cordyceps brain infection. First a spore lands on the ant forces its way into the ants body through enzymatic action and spreads via a yeast form. The cordyceps brain infection abbreviated as cbi is a parasitic fungal infection that has devastated mankind in the last of us. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is an insect pathogenic fungus discovered by the british naturalist alfred russel wallace in 1859 and currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems.
In several months roughly 60 of humanity was either killed or infected. The cordyceps brain infection also known as cbi for short or the infection is a fictional disease in the last of us series. It is a parasitic fungus that has nearly wiped out mankind globally.
Cordyceps is like most true pathogens a dimorphic fungus meaning that it has a yeast stage and a hyphal stage. When its time to form the fruiting body. The spore producing structure of a fungus.
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