In July, Ruan braved the AIDS-related Mycoses workshop held in Cape Town as the lone Microbe messenger. He attended sessions where speakers discussed novel findings in the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis and therapy for some of the deadliest fungal infections globally. In this episode he and Vin take through some of the brief discussions he had with some of the enlightening researchers.

Meet our Guests:

• Dr Juan Louis Rodriguez Tudela MD, PhD
• Dr Michail Lionakis, M.D., Sc.D.
• Dr Felix Bongomin, M.D., MSc
• Prof Alessandro Pasqualotto, Professor of Infectious Diseases, with special interest in medical mycology and Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology.
• Dr Trevor Mnguni, MBChB,  FCP(SA), Cert Pulm(SA)
• Prof Joseph Jarvis, Consultant Physician and Epidemiologist at Botswana-UPenn Partnership and Honorary Senior Lecturer, LSHTM

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