Prospects for Immunoprophylaxis Against Fasciola hepatica (Liver Fluke)

Parasitic Helminths: Targets, Screens, Drugs and Vaccines

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 465-484

  Spithill, Terry W ^a   Carmona, Carlos ^b   Piedrafita, David ^c   Smooker, Peter M ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fasciola; Fasciolosis; Immunoprophylaxis; Liver fluke; Tegument; Triclabendazole; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880037849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527652969.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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