Specific antibody can prevent fungal biofilm formation and this effect correlates with protective efficacy.

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Published in Infect Immun on October 01, 2005

Authors

Luis R Martinez1, Arturo Casadevall

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

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