Vaccines
Research from the United States and United Kingdom add new data to vaccines body of knowledge
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 10th, 2006
Study 1: Scientists have developed an adherence-blocking vaccine for amebiasis.
"The Gal/GalNAc lectin is a candidate vaccine antigen for an amebiasis vaccine due to its mediation of parasite adherence to the human intestine, because partial immunity in humans is associated with a mucosal IgA response against it, and because it is effective as a vaccine against amebic colitis in the murine model. The LecA domain of the Gal/GalNAc lectin contains neutralizing antibody epitopes," scientists in the United States and Bangladesh report.
"LecA contains...
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