Chagas disease protection mediated by T. cruzi antigens-loaded archaeosomes
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Leticia H. Higa ; Ricardo S. Corral ; María José Morilla ; Eder L. Romero ; Patricia B. Petray ,* 3 4 a Programa de Nanomedicinas, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de 5 Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; b Servicio de Parasitología y Enfermedad de Chagas, Hospital 6 de Niños Dr. R. Gutiérrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina 7 8 *Correspondence to: Patricia B. Petray, E-mail: [email protected] 9 10
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