Vaccination using recombinants influenza and adenoviruses encoding amastigote surface protein-2 are highly effective on protection against Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

In the present study we evaluated the protection raised by immunization with recombinant influenza viruses carrying sequences coding for polypeptides corresponding to medial and carboxi-terminal moieties of Trypanosoma cruzi ´s amastigote surface protein 2 (ASP2). Those viruses were used in sequenti...

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Main Authors: Rafael Polidoro Alves Barbosa, Bruno Galvão Filho, Luara Isabela Dos Santos, Policarpo Ademar Sales Junior, Pedro Elias Marques, Rafaela Vaz Sousa Pereira, Denise Carmona Cara, Oscar Bruña-Romero, Maurício Martins Rodrigues, Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli, Alexandre Vieira Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23637908/pdf/?tool=EBI