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SUBMITTER: Santos E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4208708 | biostudies-other | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Santos Evelyn E Levitz Stuart M SM
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine 20141103 11
Concomitant with the increased prevalence of immunocompromised persons, invasive fungal infections have become considerably more frequent in the last 50 years. High mortality rates caused by invasive mycoses and high morbidity because of intractable mucosal infections have created an unmet need for innovative prophylactic and therapeutic strategies against fungal pathogens. Several immunotherapeutics and vaccines are in development to address this need, although one has yet to reach the clinic. ...[more]