Schistosomiasis vaccine development: progress and prospects
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Schistosomiasis vaccine development: progress and prospects.
The undisputed, worldwide success of chemotherapy notwithstanding, schistosomiasis continues to defy control efforts in as much rapid reinfection demands repeated treatment, sometimes as often as once a year. There is thus a need for a complementary tool with effect for the longer term, notably a vaccine. International efforts in this direction have been ongoing for several decades but, until t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761998000700013