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The genus Aspergillus is extraordinary as exemplified by the diversity of its disease manifestations, almost all termed “aspergillosis”. All forms of aspergillosis are sapronoses, that is transmissible form an abiotic environment, and not communicable from person to person, or zoonoses. The spectrum of aspergillosis can be broadly divided into 4 categories:
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Denning, D.W. (2009). Introduction. In: Comarú Pasqualotto, A. (eds) Aspergillosis: From Diagnosis to Prevention. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2408-4_1
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