Cross-species protection: Schistosoma mansoni Sm-p80 vaccine confers protection against Schistosoma haematobium in hamsters and baboons
Highlights • Sm-p80 vaccine originally developed for Schistosoma mansoni confers protection against Schistosoma haematobium. • Sm-p80 vaccine has a high likelihood of success against both intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis. • Schistosomiasis control should encompass mass drug/vaccine administrat...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Vaccine 2014-03, Vol.32 (11), p.1296-1303 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Highlights • Sm-p80 vaccine originally developed for Schistosoma mansoni confers protection against Schistosoma haematobium. • Sm-p80 vaccine has a high likelihood of success against both intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis. • Schistosomiasis control should encompass mass drug/vaccine administration or MDVA: a vaccine implementation scheme that would entail treating infected individuals with praziquantel and then vaccinating them with a schistosome vaccine. |
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ISSN: | 0264-410X 1873-2518 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.12.057 |