Aspergillus fumigatusis an environmental fungus that can cause life-threatening disease. In this Review, van de Veerdonk and colleagues describe howA. fumigatusadapts to environmental change, mechanisms of host defence and our current knowledge of the interplay between the host immune response and the fungus.
- Frank L. van de Veerdonk
- Mark S. Gresnigt
- Jean-Paul Latgé