Protective immunity induced by vaccination with Onchocerca volvulus tropomyosin in rodents

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 219-225

  Taylor, Mark J ^a   Jenkins, Rosalind E ^a   Bianco, Albert E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Onchocerca volvulus; Tropomyosin; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029906379     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-93.x     Document Type: Article

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