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Advances in Understanding Human Genetic Variations That Influence Innate Immunity to Fungi.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2020
Merkhofer Richard M, Klein Bruce S
Abstract excerpt
Fungi are ubiquitous. Yet, despite our frequent exposure to commensal fungi of the normal mammalian microbiota and environmental fungi, serious, systemic fungal infections are rare in the general population. Few, if any, fungi are obligate pathogens that rely on infection of mammalian hosts to complete their lifecycle; however, many fungal species are able to cause disease under select conditions. The distinction...
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