Fungal pathogens cause more than a billion human infections every year, resulting in more
than 1.6 million deaths annually. Understanding the natural history and evolutionary ecology …

The role of the environment in emerging and reemerging infectious diseases is increasingly
recognized [1, 2]. Climate change, defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on …

Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to
set off a chain of effects that significantly affects public health through casualties and injuries …

The incidence of invasive mycoses is increasing, especially among patients who are
immunocompromised or hospitalized with serious underlying diseases. Such infections may …

The relationship between natural disasters and communicable diseases is frequently
misconstrued. The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that …

Billions of tons of desert dust move through the atmosphere each year. The primary source
regions, which include the Sahara and Sahel regions of North Africa and the Gobi and Takla …

Coccidioidomycosis, colloquially known as Valley Fever, is an invasive dimorphic fungal
infection caused by Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii. The fungi are found in the arid …

Invasive fungal diseases are rare in individuals with intact immunity. This, together with the
fact that there are only a few species that account for most mycotic diseases, implies a …

To determine national trends in mortality due to invasive mycoses, we analyzed National
Center for Health Statistics multiple-cause-of-death record tapes for the years 1980 through …

As we enter the twenty-first century, infectious diseases continue to burden populations
around the world. Both naturally occurring and intentionally introduced biological threats …