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               agents of fungal skin infections. A literature mining based analysis of dermatophytosis in India also
               indicates a four- to five-fold increase in reported cases in 2011-2021, over previous decades with a
               dramatic shift in dermatophyte spectrum from T. rubrum (57% in 1961-70 to 26% in 2011-21) to T.
               interdigitale (6% in 1961-70 to 53% in 2011-21).


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               “If a flap of a butterfly’s wings can be instrumental in generating a
               tornado, it can equally well be instrumental in preventing a tornado.”

               – Edward Lorenz
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