Avoiding the immune system: Using Candida albicans as a tool to understand microbial innate immune evasion strategies

Microbial infections result in the death of over 4 million people/year, with the mortality rate of invasive fungal infections ranging between 40-90%. Despite the prominence, high mortality rates, and limited treatment options for invasive fungal infections, our understanding of fungal virulence is in its infancy compared to bacterial and viral…