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Why Are Systemic Fungal Infections Seen Only in a Subset

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Why are systemic fungal infections seen only in a subset of the population, even though most people contact fungi and fungal spores in soil and dust all of the time? Contrast the epidemiology of systemic fungal infections with giardiasis, which infects virtually everyone that comes in contact with the pathogen.


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