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Immunization with cDNA Expressed by Amastigotes ofTrypanosoma cruziElicits Protective Immune Response against Experimental Infection
18 Apr 2003
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Immunization of mice with plasmids containing Trypanosoma cruzi genes induced specific antibodies, CD4(+) Th1 and CD8(+) Tc1 cells, and protective immunity against infection. In most cases, plasmids used for DNA vaccination contained genes encoding antigens expressed by trypomastigotes, the nonreplicative forms of the parasite. In this study, we explored the possibility of using genes expressed by amastigotes,...
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