Dr Thomas Kuczmarski speaks to ecancer about climate and environmental factors drive seasonal risk of invasive mucormycosis in haematologic malignancies.

He says that in an 11-year single-center analysis of patients with acute leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, invasive mucormycosis incidence showed strong seasonal and environmental associations.

Higher ambient temperatures, along with lower precipitation and humidity, were significantly linked to increased infection rates, with the highest incidence observed during summer months.

These findings highlight the growing influence of climate-related environmental conditions on invasive fungal infections and suggest that real-time environmental data may help inform antifungal prevention strategies in vulnerable haematologic cancer populations as climate change accelerates.