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Letter: Hot foot

Published 25 January 2012

From Tom Peachey

Arturo Casadevall neatly explains why fungi colonise the cooler outside of our bodies (3 December 2011, p 50) – hence athlete’s foot, not athlete’s tongue. This suggests a new treatment for the condition: thicker socks.

Amphoe Wanon Niwat, Thailand

Issue no. 2849 published 28 January 2012

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