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. 2020 Jul 30;16(7):e1008563.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008563. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Candida auris in the UK: Introduction, dissemination, and control

Andrew M Borman  1 , Elizabeth M Johnson  1
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Candida auris in the UK: Introduction, dissemination, and control

Andrew M Borman et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. World map depicting the purported origins of the 4 major Candida auris clades; clade I (Southern Asia), clade II (East Asia), clade III (South Africa), and clade IV (South America).
The dashed arrows represent clades that have been introduced into the UK, with line thickness proportional to the estimated numbers of separate introductions. (World map by: www.freeworldmaps.net https://www.freeworldmaps.net/powerpoint/).
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