title: A review of adjuvants for Leishmania vaccine candidates.
abstract: Over the last decade, there has been a flurry of research on adjuvants for vaccines, and several novel adjuvants are now licensed products or in late stage clinical development. The success of adjuvants in enhancing the immune response to antigens has led many researchers to re-focus their vaccine development programs. Although several vaccine candidates have been tested against leishmaniasis, there is yet no effective vaccine against this parasitic disease. Recent research has documented that efforts to develop effective Leishmania vaccine have been limited due to lack of an appropriate adjuvant. In view of this, this review paper outlines some of the adjuvants that have been used in Leishmania vaccine candidates and cites a few of the responses obtained from these studies. The aim of the present review is to consolidate these findings to facilitate the application of these adjuvants in general and experimental vaccinology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 24481-00502, Karen,Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mutiso
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Macharia
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gicheru
keywords: adjuvants; Leishmania vaccines; immune responses; leishmaniasis.
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