title: Immunotherapy for tularemia.
abstract: Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative bacterium that causes the zoonotic disease tularemia. Francisella is highly infectious via the respiratory route (~10 CFUs) and pulmonary infections due to type A strains of F. tularensis are highly lethal in untreated patients (> 30%). In addition, no vaccines are licensed to prevent tularemia in humans. Due to the high infectivity and mortality of pulmonary tularemia, F. tularensis has been weaponized, including via the introduction of antibiotic resistance, by several countries. Because of the lack of efficacious vaccines, and concerns about F. tularensis acquiring resistance to antibiotics via natural or illicit means, augmentation of host immunity, and humoral immunotherapy have been investigated as countermeasures against tularemia. This manuscript will review advances made and challenges in the field of immunotherapy against tularemia.
authors: Department of Veterinary Pathobiology and Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO USA.
authors: Jerod A
authors: JA
authors: Skyberg
mesh_terms: D054045:Biological Warfare Agents; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014406:Tularemia / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D054045:Biological Warfare Agents; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
keywords: Francisella; biodefense; immunity; immunotherapy; pathogen; tularemia
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