Pilot Study on Interferon-γ-producing T Cell Subsets after the Protective Vaccination with Radiation-attenuated Cercaria of Schistosoma japonicum in the Miniature Pig Model.

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Published in Trop Med Health on August 23, 2014

Authors

Ekhlas Hamed Abdel-Hafeez1, Kanji Watanabe2, Kaori Kamei3, Mihoko Kikuchi3, Honggen Chen4, Boamah Daniel3, Chuanxin Yu5, Kenji Hirayama3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University , 1-14-2 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan ; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University , Minia, 61519, Egypt.
2: Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University , 1-14-2 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
3: Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University , 1-14-2 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
4: Jiangxi Provintial Institute of Parasitic Diseases , Nanchang 330046, P.R. China.
5: Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases , Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, P.R. China.

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