Peptide-based subunit vaccine against hookworm infection.

Hookworms infect more people than HIV and malaria combined, predominantly in third world countries. Treatment of infection with chemotherapy can have limited efficacy and re-infections after treatment are common. Heavy infection often leads to debilitating diseases. All these factors suggest an urge...

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Main Authors: Mariusz Skwarczynski, Annette M Dougall, Makan Khoshnejad, Saranya Chandrudu, Mark S Pearson, Alex Loukas, Istvan Toth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3463534?pdf=render