Antifungal Peptides

Affiliations

Editorial

Gill Diamond. J Fungi (Basel). 2021.

. 2021 May 31;7(6):437.

doi: 10.3390/jof7060437.

¹ Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.

Abstract

Fungal infections represent an increasing public health crisis [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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