Vaccination with a <i>ZNF2</i> <sup>oe</sup> Strain of Cryptococcus Provides Long-Lasting Protection against Cryptococcosis and Is Effective in Immunocompromised Hosts-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Vaccination with a ZNF2 ^oe Strain of Cryptococcus Provides Long-Lasting Protection against Cryptococcosis and Is Effective in Immunocompromised Hosts

Published:2023-07-18 Issue:7 Volume:91 Page:
ISSN:0019-9567
Container-title:Infection and Immunity
language:en
Short-container-title:Infect Immun

Author:

Pham Tuyetnhu¹^ORCID,Li Yeqi²,Watford Wendy³^ORCID,Lin Xiaorong¹²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

2. Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

3. Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Abstract

Systemic cryptococcosis is fatal without treatment. Even with the current antifungal therapies, this disease kills 180,000 of 225,000 infected people annually.

Funder

HHS | NIH | NIAID | Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/iai.00198-23

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