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Insights into Fungal Morphogenesis and Immune Evasion
1 Sept 2008
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For endemic dimorphic fungi, switching between different morphologies is crucial for pathogenesis.These ascomycetes, which include Blastomyces dermatitidis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis, Coccidioides posadasii, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Sporothrix schenckii, and Penicillium marneffei, grow as mycelia that produce conidia or, in the case of Coccidioides spp., arthroconidia, when in soil or...
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