Polysaccharide-containing conjugate vaccines for fungal diseases

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-9

  Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Pirofski, Liise Anne ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BETA GLUCAN; LAMINARAN; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONJUGATE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL VACCINES; HUMANS; MYCOSES; POLYSACCHARIDES; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

ALGAE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 30644466326     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2005.11.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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