title: Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience.
abstract: Emerging infections caused by fungi have become a widely recognized global phenomenon. Their notoriety stems from their causing plagues and famines, driving species extinctions, and the difficulty in treating human mycoses alongside the increase of their resistance to antifungal drugs. This special issue comprises a collection of articles resulting from a Royal Society discussion meeting examining why pathogenic fungi are causing more disease now than they did in the past, and how we can tackle this rapidly emerging threat to the health of plants and animals worldwide.This article is part of the themed issue 'Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience'.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK matthew.fisher@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1862-6402
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.
authors.forename: Neil A R
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Gow
authors.affiliation: University of Exeter School of Biosciences, Rothamsted at North Wyke, Okehampton EX4 4QD, UK.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Gurr
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000818:Animals; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D017753:Ecosystem; D005523:Food Supply; D005658:Fungi / Q000502:physiology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: emerging disease; fungi; mycosis