cestodes tapeworms and trichuriasis and other diseases sarcoidosis cat scratch disease legionnaires 39 disease the compounds of the invention can also be used to inhibit the toxicity associated with immunotoxic and carcinogenic agents depending on the effect sought and the clinical situation the compounds of the invention can be administered before during or after vaccination use of the present compounds can result in more effective injections and or a reduction in the number of injections necessary for vaccination the present compounds can also be used to treat infections including chronic infections in a specific embodiment the invention relates to a method of effecting isotype conversion using the compounds of the present invention as shown in example ix the present compounds can be used to effect rapid induction of immunoglobulin g these data demonstrate that the present compounds can be used to elicit a rapid response to a vaccine thereby reducing the number of injections necessary and or increasing the efficiency of the each injection the compounds of the invention can also focus antibody production of the polysaccharide and thus effect excellent responses to polysaccharide antigens whether or not conjugated to a protein carrier as to neoplasia treatment the compounds of the invention can be used to treat a.