Vaccine and Immunotherapeutic Approaches for the Prevention of Cryptococcosis: Lessons Learned from Animal Models
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, the predominant etiological agents of cryptococcosis, can cause life-threatening infections of the central nervous system in immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis is the most common disseminated fungal inf...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00291/full |