Figure 1.

The frequency of peer-review studies on Aspergillus sydowii has increased exponentially over the last decade, with the curve shoulder starting after the fungus was linked to emerging epidemic infections in Caribbean corals. The first report was in plants in Egypt, 1980 [9]. Systematic scoping review of articles in PubMed until February 2016. Two-step moving average (solid line) and polynomial estimation curve (dashed line; y = n of publications estimate; x, year).