Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6132389 | Current Opinion in Microbiology | 2012 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Main correlates of immune responses and protective immunity in visceral leishmaniasis are summarized. ⺠The rational for development of a vaccine targeting the intracellular stage of Leishmania parasites is discussed. ⺠Presents the main advances towards development of anti-amastigote A2 antigen based vaccines for visceral leishmaniasis. ⺠Reports on the efforts to identify by immuproteomics new amastigote antigens for vaccine development.
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Authors
Ana Paula Fernandes, Eduardo Antonio Ferraz Coelho, George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho, Gabriel Junior, Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli,