Dust Devil: the Life and Times of the Fungus That Causes Valley Fever

Overview

Journal PLoS Pathog

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2015 May 15

PMID 25973899

Citations 30

Authors

Eric R G Lewis

Jolene R Bowers

Bridget M Barker

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