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Review
. 2013 Oct;9(10):e1003642.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003642. Epub 2013 Oct 24.

Are we there yet? Recent progress in the molecular diagnosis and novel antifungal targeting of Aspergillus fumigatus and invasive aspergillosis

William J Steinbach  1
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Review

Are we there yet? Recent progress in the molecular diagnosis and novel antifungal targeting of Aspergillus fumigatus and invasive aspergillosis

William J Steinbach. PLoS Pathog. 2013 Oct.
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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Recent diagnostic and therapeutic target advances against Aspergillus fumigatus.
Diagnostic modalities are outside the circle, while novel antifungal targeting concepts, all shown to be significantly related to pathogenesis, are shown inside.
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