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Establishing the Production of Male Schistosoma mansoni Cercariae for a Controlled Human Infection M...

Establishing the Production of Male Schistosoma mansoni Cercariae for a Controlled Human Infection M...

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Establishing the Production of Male Schistosoma mansoni Cercariae for a Controlled Human Infection Model

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Establishing the Production of Male Schistosoma mansoni Cercariae for a Controlled Human Infection Model

Publisher

United States

Journal title

The Journal of infectious diseases, 2018-08, Vol.218 (7), p.1142-1146

Language

English

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United States

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Contents

To accelerate the development of novel vaccines for schistosomiasis, we set out to develop a human model for Schistosoma mansoni infection in healthy volunteers. During natural infections, female schistosomes produce eggs that give rise to morbidity. Therefore, we produced single-sex, male Schistosoma mansoni cercariae for human infection without e...

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Establishing the Production of Male Schistosoma mansoni Cercariae for a Controlled Human Infection Model

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2056399737

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2056399737

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ISSN

0022-1899

E-ISSN

1537-6613

DOI

10.1093/infdis/jiy275

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