iamamuttonhead t1_jdogsb9 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 11:06 PM

Reply to comment by h3rbi74 in Why does tetanus vaccination lasts longer than influenza vaccination? by E-C-A

The one vaccine you mentioned. This vaccine (or the versions that work) uses the approach of live attenuated fungus which may face regulatory hurdles in humans.

The live attenuated approach is being used in this not-yet-approved one:

https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2023-1/lessons-from-horticulture-pioneering-the-first-antifungal-vaccine/

I believe, though, that at least in the U.S. there is not a single approved anti-fungal vaccine for humans.

h3rbi74 t1_jdqxx3q wrote on March 26, 2023 at 2:27 PM

Very excited to see if the Valley Fever vaccine is successful! Especially because if it is, one can hope that vaccines against blastomycosis and histoplasmosis aren’t far behind, and that’s what I’m more likely to see where I currently live. (Also advancing science and human medicine and etc, but dogs with systemic fungal disease are so sad and challenging to treat!)