Evaluation of a multivalent vaccine against lymphatic filariasis in rhesus macaque model.

Lymphatic filariasis affects 120 million people worldwide and another 1.2 billion people are at risk of acquiring the infection. Chemotherapy with mass drug administration is substantially reducing the incidence of the infection. Nevertheless, an effective vaccine is needed to prevent the infection...

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Main Authors: Gajalakshmi Dakshinamoorthy, Agneta von Gegerfelt, Hanne Andersen, Mark Lewis, Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4234504?pdf=render