Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs using native and recombinant oncosphere antigens

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 643-647

  Plancarte, Agustín ^a   Flisser, Ana ^a,c   Gauci, Charles G ^b   Lightowlers, Marshall W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Cysticercosis; Pig; Recombinant proteins; Taenia ovis; Taenia solium; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; MUSCLES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

CESTODA; OVIS; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA OVIS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0033119710     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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