Publication Date:
1981-06-26
Description:
Studies on the efficacy of a vaccine against schistosomiasis in young baboons (Papio anubis) disclosed that immunization with Schistosoma mansoni cercariae attenuated by gamma irradiation induced significant protection against subsequent infection with normal, viable S. mansoni cercariae. Such immunization resulted in reduced worm burdens (70 percent) and egg excretion rates (82 percent). These results support immunization as a potential method for schistosomiasis control.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stek M, F r -- Minard, P -- Dean, D A -- Hall, J E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Jun 26;212(4502):1518-20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7233238" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Female
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*Immunization
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred Strains
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Papio
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Schistosoma mansoni/immunology/*radiation effects
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Schistosomiasis/prevention & control
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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