Global burden of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a systematic review

DW Denning, M Kneale, JD Sobel… - The Lancet infectious …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis is a debilitating, long-term condition that can severely
affect the quality of life of affected women. No estimates of the global prevalence or lifetime …

[HTML][HTML] Vulvovaginal candidiasis: a current understanding and burning questions

HME Willems, SS Ahmed, J Liu, Z Xu, BM Peters - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Candida albicans, along with other closely related Candida species, are the primary
causative agents of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC)—a multifactorial infectious disease of …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal infections: immune defense, immunotherapies and vaccines

JT Loh, KP Lam - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Invasive fungal infection is an under recognized and emerging global health threat.
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first ever list of health …

Liposomes as vaccine delivery systems: a review of the recent advances

RA Schwendener - Therapeutic advances in vaccines, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Liposomes and liposome-derived nanovesicles such as archaeosomes and virosomes have
become important carrier systems in vaccine development and the interest for liposome …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assembling protein nanoparticles in the design of vaccines

J López-Sagaseta, E Malito, R Rappuoli… - Computational and …, 2016 - Elsevier
For over 100 years, vaccines have been one of the most effective medical interventions for
reducing infectious disease, and are estimated to save millions of lives globally each year …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccines for human fungal diseases: close but still a long way to go

LVN Oliveira, R Wang, CA Specht, SM Levitz - npj Vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the substantial global burden of human fungal infections, there are no approved
fungal vaccines to protect at risk individuals. Here, we review the progress that has been …

Vulvovaginal Candida albicans infections: pathogenesis, immunity and vaccine prospects

A Cassone - BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although a number of fungal species belonging to the genus C andida can cause acute
vulvovaginal infection (VVC), C andida albicans is by far the most prevalent etiological …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal vaccines, mechanism of actions and immunology: A comprehensive review

S Nami, R Mohammadi, M Vakili, K Khezripour… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fungal infections include a wide range of opportunistic and invasive diseases. Two of four
major fatal diseases in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are …

[HTML][HTML] Secreted Aspartyl Proteinases Targeted Multi-Epitope Vaccine Design for Candida dubliniensis Using Immunoinformatics

N Akhtar, JSL Magdaleno, S Ranjan, AK Wani… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Candida dubliniensis is an opportunistic pathogen associated with oral and invasive fungal
infections in immune-compromised individuals. Furthermore, the emergence of C …

[HTML][HTML] Principles of immunotherapy: implications for treatment strategies in cancer and infectious diseases

K Naran, T Nundalall, S Chetty, S Barth - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The advances in cancer biology and pathogenesis during the past two decades, have
resulted in immunotherapeutic strategies that have revolutionized the treatment of …