Editorial: Emerging Fungal Pathogens: Perspectives

Overview

Journal Front Fungal Biol

Specialty Biology

Date 2024 Feb 29

PMID 38419622

Authors

Danielly Correa-Moreira

Barbara de Oliveira Baptista

Domenico Giosa

Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira

Affiliations

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