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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases

  • Mycoses
  • Mycosis
  • Mycotic disease
  • Fungus infections
  • Parasitic fungi
  • Fungal pathogens

Nature

Parasitic fungi attack living organisms, penetrate their outer defences, invade them and obtain nourishment from living protoplasm, causing disease and sometimes death of the host.

Broader

Parasites
Presentable
Infectious diseases
Presentable
Pathogenic fungi
Unpresentable
Microbial diseases
Yet to rate

Narrower

Fungal plant diseases
Excellent
Fungal diseases of humans
Presentable
Fungal diseases of animals
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Arthritis
Presentable

Aggravated by

Fungal resistance to fungicides
Unpresentable

Related

Mycotoxins
Presentable
Fungi as pests
Presentable

Strategy

Maintaining balance of nature
Presentable
Studying pathogenic fungi
Yet to rate
Damaging ecosystems
Yet to rate
Assessing status of ecosystems
Yet to rate

Value

Pathogens
Yet to rate
Infection
Yet to rate
Disease
Yet to rate

Web link

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Biosciences » Parasitology
  • Medicine » Pathology
  • Medicine » Specific diseases
  • Plant life » Thallophyta, bryophyta, pteridophyta
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E2455
    DOCID
    11524550
    D7NID
    137447
    Last update
    Nov 3, 2022