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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Infections with the larval stages of taeniid cestode parasites cause substantial human morbidity as well as economic losses in domestic livestock species. Despite ongoing efforts around the world, few countries have been able substantially to reduce or eradicate these infections through the use of anthelmintics and lifestyle changes. Vaccines offer an additional potential tool to assist with the control of parasite transmission. Here, Marshall Lightowlers and colleagues review the substantial progress that has been made towards developing practical vaccines against hydatid disease in sheep and cysticercosis in sheep and cattle. Recombinant antigens have been used to induce more than 90% protection against challenge infections. Such success in animals encourages investigation of the potential use of vaccines in humans to prevent hydatid disease arising from infection with Echinococcus granulosus and cysticercosis from infection with Taenia solium.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0169-4758
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Antigens, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Cattle Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Cysticercosis, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Cysticercus, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Echinococcosis, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Echinococcus, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Sheep Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Swine Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Vaccination, pubmed-meshheading:10782077-Zoonoses
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Vaccination against cysticercosis and hydatid disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Marshall Lightowlers, the University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia. marshall@unimelb.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't