title: Fungal diseases: an evolving public health challenge.
abstract: The emergence of new fungal pathogens and the resurgence of mycotic diseases that had previously been uncommon is a serious and growing public health problem. This review examines the factors involved in the emergence or re-emergence of several mycotic diseases, including coccidioidomycosis and cryptococcosis, over the past two decades. New approaches to prevention and control are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. DWarnock@ cdc.gov
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Warnock
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control