The spectrum of fungi that infects humans.

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Published in Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med on November 03, 2014

Authors

Julia R Köhler1, Arturo Casadevall2, John Perfect3

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
2: Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York 10461.
3: Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.

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