Perspective: Prospects for development of vaccines against human helminth infections

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1384-1390

  McCarthy, James S ^a   Nutman, Thomas B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0029852071     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.6.1384     Document Type: Review

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