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Emergomyces africanus poses an emerging threat

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Jennifer Claire Hoving draws a picture of her personal and scientific journey leading her to study of Emergomyces africanus, an emerging fungal pathogen in Africa.

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Fig. 1: Presumed pathogenesis of Emergomyces spp.
Fig. 2: Emergomyces spp. yeast cells interacting with host cells.

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  1. CMM AFRICA Medical Mycology Research Unit, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Jennifer Claire Hoving

  2. MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

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