title: Cysticercosis vaccine: cross protecting immunity with T. solium antigens against experimental murine T. crassiceps cysticercosis.
abstract: Vaccination of mice with an antigen extract from Taenia solium cysticerci induced protection against challenge with T. crassiceps cysticerci as successfully as did antigen extracts from T. crassiceps. Vaccination was more effective in male than in female mice and in the resistant strain (BALB/B) more so than in the susceptible strain (BALB/c). While only the resistant strain was completely protected by vaccination, the parasite load of the susceptible strain was significantly reduced by vaccination. Cross immunity between the human and murine parasites establishes murine T. crassiceps cysticercosis as a convenient laboratory model in which to test promising T. solium antigens aimed at vaccine development against T. solium cysticercosis. Further, results point to strong interactions of the immune system with sexual and histocompatibility factors in the host's dealing with cysticercosis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sciutto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fragoso
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trueba
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lemus
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Montoya
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Govezensky
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lomeli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larralde
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005260:Female; D007109:Immunity; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013045:Species Specificity; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D014612:Vaccines