Aspergillus fumigatus—What Makes the Species a Ubiquitous Human Fungal Pathogen?

Kyung J. Kwon-Chung; Janyce A. Sugui

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003743

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Aspergillus fumigatus—What Makes the Species a Ubiquitous Human Fungal Pathogen?

Kyung J. Kwon-Chung ,

* E-mail: JKCHUNG@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Janyce A. Sugui

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Aspergillus fumigatus—What Makes the Species a Ubiquitous Human Fungal Pathogen?

Kyung J. Kwon-Chung,
Janyce A. Sugui

Published: December 5, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003743

About the Authors

Kyung J. Kwon-Chung

* E-mail: JKCHUNG@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Janyce A. Sugui

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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