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Review
. 2021 Apr 29;17(4):e1009503.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009503. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Climate change and the emergence of fungal pathogens

Nnaemeka Emmanuel Nnadi  1 , Dee A Carter  2
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Review

Climate change and the emergence of fungal pathogens

Nnaemeka Emmanuel Nnadi et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. The effect of climate change on the emergence of fungal pathogens.
Climate change alters attributes of the fungus, the environment, and the host, which can then drive the emergence of novel, uncommon, or adapted fungal species, with consequences for health, biodiversity, and food security. On this figure, solid lines between attributes and fungal species show links supported by published evidence; dashed lines show probable but unproven links. “?” represents the emergence of as-yet unknown fungal species and unknown consequences.
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