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Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

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  • Matthew C. Fisher

    (Imperial College, London W2 1PG, UK)

  • Daniel. A. Henk

    (Imperial College, London W2 1PG, UK)

  • Cheryl J. Briggs

    (Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California)

  • John S. Brownstein

    (Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston)

  • Lawrence C. Madoff

    (ProMED, University of Massachusetts Medical School
    University of Massachusetts Medical School)

  • Sarah L. McCraw

    (University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK)

  • Sarah J. Gurr

    (University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK)

Abstract

Pathogenic fungi are increasingly contributing to the global emerging disease burden, threatening biodiversity and imposing increasing costs on ecosystem health, hence steps must be taken to tighten biosecurity worldwide to reduce the rate of fungal disease emergence.

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  • Matthew C. Fisher & Daniel. A. Henk & Cheryl J. Briggs & John S. Brownstein & Lawrence C. Madoff & Sarah L. McCraw & Sarah J. Gurr, 2012. "Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health," Nature, Nature, vol. 484(7393), pages 186-194, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:484:y:2012:i:7393:d:10.1038_nature10947
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10947
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