Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1709, 2016, Pages

  Fisher, Matthew C ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^b   Gurr, Sarah J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging disease; Fungi; Mycosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOOD SECURITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; HEALTH STATUS; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNGI; MYCOSES; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84992452256     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0332     Document Type: Article

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