A pilot study on developing mucosal vaccine against alveolar echinococcosis (AE) using recombinant tetraspanin 3: Vaccine efficacy and immunology.

BACKGROUND: We have previously evaluated the vaccine efficacies of seven tetraspanins of Echinococcus multilocularis (Em-TSP1-7) against alveolar echinococcosis (AE) by subcutaneous (s.c.) administration with Freund's adjuvant. Over 85% of liver cyst lesion number reductions (CLNR) were achieve...

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Main Authors: Zhisheng Dang, Kinpei Yagi, Yuzaburo Oku, Hirokazu Kouguchi, Kiichi Kajino, Jun Matsumoto, Ryo Nakao, Hiroyuki Wakaguri, Atsushi Toyoda, Hong Yin, Chihiro Sugimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3313938?pdf=render