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 cross-reactive epitopes is critical to moving vaccine candidates from preclinical animal studies to clinical trials.

Document Type

Commentary

Publication Date

4-2017

Notes/Citation Information

Published in Infection and Immunity, v. 85, issue 4, e00035-17, p. 1-4.

Copyright © 2017 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The copyright holder has granted the permission for posting the article here.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00035-17

Funding Information

This work was supported in part by grant AI118818 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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