Vaccination against the digestive enzyme Cathepsin B using a YS1646 Salmonella enterica Typhimurium vector provides almost complete protection against Schistosoma mansoni challenge in a mouse model.

Schistosoma mansoni threatens hundreds of millions of people in >50 countries. Schistosomulae migrate through the lung and adult worms reside in blood vessels adjacent to the intestinal mucosa. Current candidate vaccines aren't designed to elicit a mucosal response. We have repurposed an att...

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Auteurs principaux: Adam S Hassan, Nicholas H Zelt, Dilhan J Perera, Momar Ndao, Brian J Ward
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/13e240aac39a45b5958228b80788d9c1
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