Disruption of antigenic variation is crucial for effective parasite vaccine

Nature Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-557

  Rivero, Fernando D ^a   Saura, Alicia ^a   Prucca, Cesar G ^a   Carranza, Pedro G ^a   Torri, Alessandro ^a   Lujan, Hugo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SPECIFIC SURFACE PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICE; PARASITES; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77952177200     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2141     Document Type: Article

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