Antibody dependent disease enhancement (ADE) after COVID-19 vaccination and beta glucans as a safer strategy in

Nobunao Ikewaki1, Gene Kurosawa2, Gary A Levy3

  • 1Dept. of Medical Life Science, Kyushu University of Health and Welfare, Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan; Institute of Immunology, Junsei Educational Institute, Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan.

Vaccine
|March 11, 2023
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