DNA sequences encoding CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell epitopes are important for efficient protective immunity induced by DNA vaccination with a Trypanosoma cruzi gene.

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Published in Infect Immun on September 01, 2001

Authors

A E Fujimura1, S S Kinoshita, V L Pereira-Chioccola, M M Rodrigues

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.

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