Gene gun-mediated delivery of an interleukin-12 expression plasmid protects against infections with the intracellular protozoan parasites Leishmania major and Trypanosoma cruzi in mice.

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Published in Immunology on April 01, 2000

Authors

T Sakai1, H Hisaeda, Y Nakano, H Ishikawa, Y Maekawa, K Ishii, Y Nitta, J Miyazaki, K Himeno

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1: Department of Parasitology and Immunology, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan.

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