Identification of immunodominant epitopes of Schistosoma mansoni vaccine candidate antigens using human T cells

Identification of immunodominant epitopes of Schistosoma mansoni vaccine candidate antigens using human T cells

Paramyosin and Sm14 are two of the six antigens selected by the World Health Organization as candidates to compose a subunit vaccine against schistosomiasis. Both antigens are recognized by individuals naturally resistant to Schistosoma mansoni infection and induced protective immunity in the murine...

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Main Authors: CT Fonseca, E Cunha-Neto, J Kalil, AR de Jesus, R Correa-Oliveira, EM Carvalho, SC Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2004-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
T cells
synthetic peptides
vaccines
Schistosoma mansoni
Sm14
paramyosin
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