Immune events associated with high level protection against Schistosoma japonicum infection in pigs immunized with UV-attenuated cercariae.

BACKGROUND: The vaccination of radiation-attenuated Schistosoma japonicum cercariae can induce effective protection in artiodactyl, but the immune events related to protective immunity are not fully understood. To provide a paradigm for a human recombinant antigen vaccine, we have undertaken a vacci...

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Main Authors: Fang Tian, Dandan Lin, Jingjiao Wu, Yanan Gao, Donghui Zhang, Minjun Ji, Guanling Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2955526?pdf=render