Why don't we have a schistosomiasis vaccine?

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 97-99

  Wilson, R Alan ^a   Coulson, Patricia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE;

IMMUNE RESPONSE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032032365     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01198-8     Document Type: Article

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