Fungal diseases: An evolving public health challenge

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 697-705

  Warnock, David W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Control; Cryptococcosis; Fungal diseases; Fusarium keratitis; Moulds in buildings; Prevention; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUSARIUM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; MYCOSES;

FUSARIUM;

EID: 36749100000     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780601009493     Document Type: Article

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