We found that albumin KO (Alb−/−) mice werehighly susceptible to disseminated infection with R. delemar followingintravenous injection of fungal spores (Fig. 5a).Additionally, pulmonary infection of Alb−/− mice with R.delemar resulted in significantly higher mortality rates than infection ofcontrol Alb+/+ mice in a pathophysiologically relevant neutropenic model ofpulmonary mucormycosis31 (Fig. 5a). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is infection.