Progress toward a human vaccine against coccidioidomycosis

GT Cole, BJ Hurtgen, CY Hung - Current fungal infection reports, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin Valley fever) is a human respiratory disease
caused by a soil-borne mold, and is recognized as an intransigent microbial infection by …

The quest for a vaccine against coccidioidomycosis: a neglected disease of the Americas

TN Kirkland - Journal of Fungi, 2016 - mdpi.com
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) is a disease caused by inhalation of Coccidioides spp.
This neglected disease has substantial public health impact despite its geographic …

The public health need and present status of a vaccine for the prevention of coccidioidomycosis

R Hector, GW Rutherford - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Although the epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis has been well described, there is a
paucity of recent data on the public health burden associated with this disease. Accordingly …

A vaccine against coccidioidomycosis is justified and attainable.

GT Cole, JM Xue, CN Okeke, EJ Tarcha, V Basrur… - Medical …, 2004 - europepmc.org
Coccidioides is a fungal pathogen of humans which can cause a life-threatening respiratory
disease in immunocompetent individuals. Recurrent epidemics of coccidioidal infections in …

Coccidioidomycosis: pathogenesis, immune response and vaccine development

TN Kirkland, GT Cole - Fungal pathogenesis: principles and …, 2001 - books.google.com
Coccidioides immitis is a primary fungal pathogen, which resides in soil of the desert
Southwest of the United States. Like most medically important fungi that cause systemic …

Coccidioidomycosis: host response and vaccine development

RA Cox, DM Magee - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Coccidioidomycosis is caused by the dimorphic fungi in the genus Coccidioides. These
fungi live as mycelia in the soil of desert areas of the American Southwest, and when the …

A Genetically Engineered Live Attenuated Vaccine of Coccidioides posadasii Protects BALB/c Mice against Coccidioidomycosis

J Xue, X Chen, D Selby, CY Hung, JJ Yu… - Infection and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Coccidioidomycosis (also known as San Joaquin Valley fever) is an occupational disease.
Workers exposed to outdoor dust which contains spores of the soil-inhabiting fungus have a …

Novel strategies to enhance vaccine immunity against coccidioidomycosis

GT Cole, CY Hung, SD Sanderson, BJ Hurtgen… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Coccidioidomycosis is a potentially life-threatening respiratory mycosis endemic to the
Americas and caused by inhalation of spores produced by the molds Coccidioides immitis …

The effect of nonviable and viable vaccines in experimental coccidioidomycosis

J Converse - American Review of Respiratory Disease, 1965 - atsjournals.org
Coccidioidomycosis is a highly infectious, but apparently noncontagious, disease caused by
the dimorphic fungus Coccidioides immitis. The endemic foci are limited mainly to …

A review of innate and adaptive immunity to coccidioidomycosis

CY Hung, AP Hsu, SM Holland, J Fierer - Medical mycology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Coccidioidomycosis is a human fungal disease cause by inhalation of aerosol spores
produced by Coccidioides posadasii or Coccidioides immitis. This disease is a common …