| Literature DB >> 9650055 |
C G Gauci1, A Flisser, M W Lightowlers.
Abstract
A Taenia solium cDNA (TSOL-18) encoding a protein with close homology to host protective oncosphere antigens from Taenia ovis (To18) and Taenia saginata (TSA-18) is described here. TSOL-18 was cloned from mRNA obtained from hatched and activated oncospheres of T. solium. The high level of predicted amino acid sequence homology among TSOL-18 and other host protective taeniid antigens suggests that the protein expressed by TSOL-18 may be capable of being used as a vaccine against T. solium infection in the parasite's intermediate hosts.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9650055 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(98)00034-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Parasitol ISSN: 0020-7519 Impact factor: 3.981