Recent Advances in the Study of the Host-Fungus Interaction

• Main Author: Attila Gacser (auth)
• Other Authors: Hector M. Mora-Montes (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Candida albicans; Cell Wall; Aspergillus; Histoplasma; melanin; Paraccocidioides; Cryptococcus; Dermatophytes; host-fungus interaction; Candida parapsilosis
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Fungal infections represent nowadays a significant burden on the healthcare system of most of the countries, and are among the infections with the highest mortality rates. This has fostered the study of the interaction of these organisms with the human host. The outer most layer of a fungal cell is...