Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 5th, 2006
Study 1: Immunization with Toxoplasma gondii RNA induced protective immunity against toxoplasmosis in mice.
According to a study from France, "Toxoplasma gondii enters the mucosal surfaces of the host, and so immunity at these sites is of major interest. Due to the compartmentalization of the immune response, systemic immunization does not induce high levels of immunity at mucosal surfaces. Intranasal immunization has been shown to be very effective in inducing both systemic and mucosal immune responses. Immunization with mRNA can induce both humoral and...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-07-05)
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