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Review
. 2015 May 21;11(5):e1004804.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004804. eCollection 2015 May.

Investigating fungal outbreaks in the 21st century

Anastasia P Litvintseva  1 , Mary E Brandt  1 , Rajal K Mody  1 , Shawn R Lockhart  1
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Review

Investigating fungal outbreaks in the 21st century

Anastasia P Litvintseva et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. CDC epidemiologists are collecting environmental samples in a histoplasmosis outbreak investigation.
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