Editorial: Vaccines, Immunotherapy and New Antifungal Therapy against Fungi: Updates in the New Frontier

Carlos P Taborda^{1

2}, Joshua D Nosanchuk³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil.
² Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo-LIM53/Medical School, University of São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil.
³ Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY, United States.

Editorial

Carlos P Taborda et al. Front Microbiol. 2017.

. 2017 Sep 8:8:1743.

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01743. eCollection 2017.

Carlos P Taborda^{1

2}, Joshua D Nosanchuk³

¹ Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil.
² Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo-LIM53/Medical School, University of São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil.
³ Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY, United States.

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Keywords: antifungal agents; editorial; fungi; immunotherapy; vaccines.

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Editorial on the Research Topic Vaccines, Immunotherapy and New Antifungal Therapy against Fungi: Updates in the New Frontier

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