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Candida auris infections in China
Han Du1, Jian Bing1, Clarissa J Nobile2,3
1Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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|April 20, 2022
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