Matenda a fungal nthawi zambiri amayamba chifukwa cha kusalinganika kosavuta kwa tizilombo tating'onoting'ono timene timapezeka m'thupi.

M'malo mwake, mumatsatiridwa ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mafangasi ndi mabakiteriya, nthawi zambiri osavulaza komanso ofunikira kuti thupi lizigwira ntchito moyenera.

Komabe, zikhoza kuchitika kuti ena mwa bowawa amachulukana ndikukhala tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, kapena kuti "bowa" wakunja, wofalitsidwa mwachitsanzo ndi nyama, amachititsa matenda. Mitundu yonse ya 200-400 ya bowa imatha kuyambitsa matenda mwa anthu⁵.

Komabe, mafangasi omwe amapezeka m'chilengedwe amathanso kuwononga anthu, mwachitsanzo:

• ndi inoculation, pa kuvulala mwachitsanzo (kuyambitsa sporotrichosis kapena chromomycosis, etc.);
• pokoka mpweya wa nkhungu (histoplasmosis, apergillosis, etc.);
• kukhudzana ndi munthu yemwe ali ndi kachilombo (candidiasis, ringworms, etc.);
• pokhudzana ndi chiweto chomwe chili ndi kachilomboka.