Modern approaches to development of vaccines against schistosomes.
Vaccination, as currently practiced, is a prophylactic procedure. A vaccine is given before exposure to the infectious agent, in order to induce a state of specific immunological memory within the recipient.
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Section of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
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D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000276:immunology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic