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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Mycol Med. 2023 Oct 19;33(4):101438. doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2023.101438

Table 1.

WHO Priority Fungal pathogen list.

Group Fungal pathogens of particular concern in Africa
Critical priority Cryptococcus neoformans*, Candida auris*, Aspergillus fumigatus*, Candida albicans*
High priority Nakaseomyces glabrata (Candida glabrata), Histoplasma species*, Fusarium species, Candida parapsilosis, Eumycetoma causative agents*, Mucorales*, Candida tropicalis
Medium priority Scedosporium species, Pichia kudriavzeveii (Candida krusei), Cryptococcus gattii, Pneumocystis jirovecii,
*

Important cause of fungal diseases in Africa.