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Recombinant TgHSP70 Immunization Protects against Toxoplasma gondii Brain Cyst Formation by Enhancing Inducible Nitric Oxide Expression.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2017
Czarnewski Paulo, Araújo Ester C B, Oliveira Mário C, Mineo Tiago W P, Silva Neide M
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is known to cause congenital infection in humans and animals and severe disease in immunocompromised individuals; consequently development of vaccines against the parasite is highly necessary. Under stress conditions, T. gondii expresses the highly immunogenic heat shock protein 70 (TgHSP70). Here, we assessed the protective efficacy of rTgHSP70 immunization combined with Alum in oral ME-49 T....
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