The protective immunity of a DNA vaccine encoding Schistosoma japonicum chinese strain triose-phosphate isomerase in infected BALB/c mice

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 518-522

  Zhu, Yinchang ^a   Si, Jin ^a   Harn, D A ^b   Yu, Chuanxin ^a   Liang, Yousheng ^a   Ren, Jiangong ^a   Yin, Xuren ^a   He, Wei ^a   Hua, Wanquan ^a  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51; DNA VACCINE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WORM; WORM EGG;

EID: 8444239770     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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