| Literature DB >> 9223156 |
B L Ramirez1, J D Kurtis, P M Wiest, P Arias, F Aligui, L Acosta, P Peters, G R Olds.
Abstract
Paramyosin, a 97 kDa myofibrillar protein, is a candidate vaccine antigen for prevention of infection with the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. To determine if paramyosin would also induce protection against Schistosoma japonicum, paramyosin was biochemically purified from S. japonicum adult worms. SDS-PAGE demonstrated a single protein with a molecular weight of 97 kDa. In four separate experiments, vaccination of mice with S. japonicum paramyosin without adjuvant induced significant resistance (62%-86%, P < 0.001) against cercarial challenge as compared to controls. These data suggest that S. japonicum paramyosin may represent a candidate vaccine for immunization against schistosomiasis japonica.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID： 9223156 DOI： 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-4.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasite Immunol ISSN： 0141-9838 Impact factor: 2.280