Overcoming hurdles to development of a vaccine against Pneumocystis jirovecii

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Abstract

Development of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a common problem among immunosuppressed individuals. There are windows of opportunity in which vaccination would be beneficial, but to date, no vaccines have made it to clinical trials. Significant hurdles to vaccine development include host range specificity, making it difficult to translate from animal models to humans. Discovery of crossreactive epitopes is critical to moving vaccine candidates from preclinical animal studies to clinical trials.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere00035-17
JournalInfection and Immunity
Volume85
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2017

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Society for Microbiology.

Keywords

  • Pneumocystis carinii
  • Vaccines

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases

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