Aspergillus conidia (spores) are ubiquitous in the environment and thus unavoidable. In soil and on other vegetative or moist material, aspergillus species exist as saprobes, digesting dead or dying ...
Background. The airway epithelium is the first barrier interacting with Aspergillus fumigatus conidia after their inhalation, suggesting that this structure functions as point of entry of this fungus ...