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Prof. Mohamed Ridha Barbouche from the Institut Pasteur de Tunis, gave insights on “Genetics of the immune response to Fungal Infections”. In his talk he highlighted the global fungal infection …

This article we shall focus on Fungal immunology talks presented by Dr J. Claire Hoving (University of Cape Town). Dr Hoving’s first talk focused on “The Epidemiology of fungal infections”,…

In response to environmental changes and nutrient starvation, cells are known to undergo extreme alterations. This includes switching from one type to another (“differentiation”) and changes in metabolic pathways (“metabolic…

Evidence from a murine model of mycetoma suggests that IL-17 producing T cells, termed Th17 cells may play a role in mycetoma pathogenesis. IL-17 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine which can…