Project Category: Pathogens

Cryptococcus neoformans

Cryptococcosis caused by C. neoformans is a very serious disease, with a mortality rate ranging from 41% to 61%, particularly in patients with HIV infection.

Campylobacter jejuni

Campylobacter jejuni causes intestinal infections that affect 1.5 million infections and $270 million in direct medical costs each year.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes gonorrhea, WHO has estimated that 82.4 million new cases were reported in 2020 and 550k drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections only in the US.

Streptococcus agalactiae

Streptococcus agalactiae is responsible for nearly 100,000 deaths in newborns, at least 46,000 prenatal deaths, It is  associated with over half a million premature births each year.

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizes about 150,000 people in the United States each year, with a mortality rate of approximately 5-7 percent, or 1 in every 20 infected individuals.