Parasite vaccines – recent progress and problems associated with their development

Autor: D. L. Redmond, D. P. Knox
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Parasitology. 133:S1-S8
ISSN: 1469-8161
0031-1820
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182006001776
Popis: The treatment and prevention of parasitism in both humans and livestock continues to rely almost exclusively on the use of antiparasitic drugs – an approach which has limitations, particularly as reinfection, which occurs rapidly in endemic regions, is not prevented. In addition, the widespread appearance of drug-resistant parasites of animals (Kaplan, 2004;) together with emerging evidence of resistance problems in human parasites (Fallonet al. 1995; Ismailet al. 1996; De Clerqet al. 1997; East African Network for Monitoring Antimalarial Treatment, 2003), emphasise the importance of developing alternative methods of control, with anti-parasite vaccines a prime target.
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