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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cisse OH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064776 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
mBio 20200310 2
Environmental exposure has a significant impact on human health. While some airborne fungi can cause life-threatening infections, the impact of environment on fungal spore dispersal and transmission is poorly understood. The democratization of shotgun metagenomics allows us to explore important questions about fungal propagation. We focus on <i>Pneumocystis</i>, a genus of host-specific fungi that infect mammals via airborne particles. In humans, <i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i> causes lethal infec ...[more]