Race and ethnicity: Risk factors for fungal infections?

Racial and ethnic identities, largely understood as social rather than biologic constructs, may impact risk for acquiring infectious diseases, including fungal infections. Risk factors may include genetic and immunologic differences such as aberrations in host immune response, host polymorphisms, an...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey D Jenks, Chioma Inyang Aneke, Mohanad M Al-Obaidi, Matthias Egger, Lorena Garcia, Tommi Gaines, Martin Hoenigl, George R Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011025