Protective immunity elicited by the nematode-conserved As37 recombinant protein against Ascaris suum infection.

BACKGROUND:Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the three major soil-transmitted gastrointestinal helminths (STHs) that infect more than 440 million people in the world, ranking this neglected tropical disease among the most common afflictions of people living in poverty. Children infected with this round...

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Main Authors: Leroy Versteeg, Junfei Wei, Zhuyun Liu, Brian Keegan, Ricardo T Fujiwara, Kathryn M Jones, Oluwatoyin Asojo, Ulrich Strych, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Peter J Hotez, Bin Zhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008057