A vaccine against the Asian schistosome, Schistosoma japonicum: An update on paramyosin as a target of protective immunity

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1213-1219

  Kalinna, Bernd H ^a   Mcmanus, Donald P ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nucleic acid vaccination; Oral vaccination; Paramyosin; Recombinant protein; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PARAMYOSIN; VACCINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VACCINATION;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 0030727091     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00119-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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