Cysteine Peptidases as Schistosomiasis Vaccines with Inbuilt Adjuvanticity
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Cysteine Peptidases as Schistosomiasis Vaccines with Inbuilt Adjuvanticity
Schistosomiasis is caused by several worm species of the genus Schistosoma and afflicts up to 600 million people in 74 tropical and sub-tropical countries in the developing world. Present disease control depends on treatment with the only available drug praziquantel. No vaccine exists despite the intense search for molecular candidates and adjuvant formulations over the last three decades. Cyst...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085401