Evaluation of recombinant chitinase and SXP1 antigens as antimicrofilarial vaccines

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 474-481

  Wang, Shi Hai ^a   Zheng, Hui Jun ^b   Dissanayake, Sen ^a   Cheng, Wen Fang ^b   Tao, Zheng Hou ^b   Lin, Shun Zhi ^b   Piessens, Willy F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Guizhou Prov Inst Parasitic Dis   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI;

EID: 0242695887     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.474     Document Type: Article

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