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Many fungi, including keratinolytic species, occurring in sewage sludge and sludge-amended soils possess potential pathogenic properties to humans and animals. For this reason, apart from bacteria, zooparasites and viruses, these fungi pose health risk to wastewater treatment plant and agriculture workers. Assessment of this risk was the aim of the present study. The sludge and sludge-amended soils were provided from one of the Polish wastewater treatment plants. The wastewater treatment technology and the sludge ...