In silico design of a T-cell epitope vaccine candidate for parasitic helminth infection.

In silico design of a T-cell epitope vaccine candidate for parasitic helminth infection.

Trichuris trichiura is a parasite that infects 500 million people worldwide, leading to colitis, growth retardation and Trichuris dysentery syndrome. There are no licensed vaccines available to prevent Trichuris infection and current treatments are of limited efficacy. Trichuris infections are linke...

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Main Authors: Ayat Zawawi, Ruth Forman, Hannah Smith, Iris Mair, Murtala Jibril, Munirah H Albaqshi, Andrew Brass, Jeremy P Derrick, Kathryn J Else
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008243

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