The diversity and abundance of fungi and bacteria on the healthy and dandruff affected human scalp.
Dandruff is a skin condition that affects the scalp of up to half the world's population, it is characterised by an itchy, flaky scalp and is associated with colonisation of the skin by Malassezia spp. Management of this condition is typically via antifungal therapies, however the precise role...
Main Authors: | Sally G Grimshaw, Adrian M Smith, David S Arnold, Elaine Xu, Michael Hoptroff, Barry Murphy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225796 |
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