Mucormycosis: A Review on Environmental Fungal Spores and Seasonal Variation of Human Disease
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Indoor Çolakoğlu/Turkey Penicillium
Aspergillus
Rhizopus, Mucor
Fusarium
Rhizopus
Shelton et al. Fall & Summer
Winter & Summer Cladosporium,
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Mucor
Rhizopus sp.
Human Disease Al-Ajam et al./Lebanon May-October/Summer-Autumn Rain
Shpitzer et al./Israel August-December/Summer-Winter
lar techniques would help in correlating environmental
fungi to human diseases [25].
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