Emerging Syndemic: Black Fungus—A Post-COVID-19 Mucormycosis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ann Natl Acad Med Sci 2023; 59(01): 060-061
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757891

Brief Report

Anushree Singha Ray

¹Department of Zoology, Durgapur Government College, West Bardhaman, West Bengal, India

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²Durgapur Government College, West Bardhaman, West Bengal, India

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