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Published on: May 18, 2016
DNA vaccines against tropical parasitic diseases
Akram A Da'dara1, Donald A Harn
1Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA. adadara@hsph.harvard.edu
Abstract:
Parasitic diseases caused by protozoan and helminth parasites are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Unfortunately, at present, there is no vaccine against any human parasitic disease. Conventional vaccine methods have largely failed against parasitic infections. This is due, in part, to the complexity of the parasite life cycle, the ability of the parasite to evade the immune system, and difficulties in identifying and eliciting the desired protective immune responses. The discovery of DNA vaccines has renewed hope for vaccine development against parasites. In the last decade, DNA vaccines were successful in inducing at least partial protection against several parasitic diseases. This review discusses the latest developments in DNA vaccines against tropical parasitic diseases.
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