Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Threat to Human, Animal, and Plant Health: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health

Fungal diseases have contributed to death and disability in humans, triggered global wildlife extinctions and population declines, devastated agricultural crops, and altered forest ecosystem dynamics. Despite the extensive influence of fungi on health and economic well-being, the threats posed by emerging fungal pathogens to life on Earth are often underappreciated and poorly understood. On December 14 and 15, 2010, the IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030921226X
• ISBN13: 9780309212267
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 488 Pages