Fungal species causing candidiasis use distinct infection strategies

(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) - Vaginal candidiasis (commonly known as vaginal thrush) affects 138 million women worldwide each year.- Researchers have studied four Candida species (which account for 90% of candidiasis cases), the pathways they use to infect the vaginal epithelium and the defence mechanisms of this epithelium.- The results of this international collaboration between the group headed by Dr. Toni Gabaldon (IRB Barcelona/BSC) and Dr. Bernhard Hube's laboratory (Hans Knoell Institute/ University of Jena) have been published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
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