Leishmania
Researchers' work from Japan, Brazil and Iran adds to leishmania body of knowledge
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 8th, 2006
Study 1: Vaccination with a combination of Leishmania amastigote antigens and the lipid A analogue ONO-4007 helped prevent Leishmania amazonensis infection.
"Activation of innate immunity using adjuvants that activate Toll-like receptor 4 pathways have great potential for improving the protection induced by parasite vaccines. We investigated protective and therapeutic effects of a vaccine against leishmaniasis containing a combination of an adjuvant synthetic lipid A-analogue, ONO-4007 and Leishmania amazonensis antigens," investigators in Japan and...
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