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Vaccination prospect against Brugian filariasis : candidate vaccines to block zoonotic transmission


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Abdullah, Wan Omar and Basir, Rusliza and Abd. Majid, Roslaini (2012) Vaccination prospect against Brugian filariasis : candidate vaccines to block zoonotic transmission. In: Updates in Medical Microbiology. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor. ISBN 9789673443147

Abstract

Toward the control and possible eradication of lymphatic filaraisis a new paradigm is into the development of antifilarial nucleic acid vaccine i.e to genetically engineered vaccines that can block zoonotic transmission of brugian filariasis. This vaccine may form the basis of a possible elimination of microfilariae in animal reservoirs that break zoonotic transmission from animals to humans.


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Item Type: Book Section
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords: Vaccination; Brugian filariasis; Zoonotic transmission
Depositing User: Mastura Yapandi
Date Deposited: 28 Dec 2013 03:10
Last Modified: 01 Nov 2019 03:21
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/26368
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