Endemic mycoses: Overlooked diseases in China

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1516-1517

  Pan, Bo ^a,b,c   Deng, Shuwen ^b,c   Liao, Wanqing ^b,c   Pan, Weihua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Medical Mycology   (China)

^c Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOPLASMIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHINA; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIMORPHIC FUNGAL INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PENICILLIOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MYCOSES; TRAVEL;

EID: 84877280328     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit033     Document Type: Letter

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