Schistosome Syntenin Partially Protects Vaccinated Mice against Schistosoma mansoni Infection

Schistosomiasis affects more than 200 million people worldwide and causes up to 280,000 deaths per year. In terms of global mortality and morbidity, this disease is the most important human helminth infection. Current control strategies are based on chemotherapy, but recurrent re-infection of people...

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Main Authors: Figueiredo, Barbara C., Assis, Natan R. G., Morais, Suellen B., Ricci, Natasha D., Pinheiro, Carina S., Martins, Vicente P., Bicalho, Rodrigo M., Da'dara, Akram A., Skelly, Patrick J., Oliveira, Sergio C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4140676/