Vaccines against the zoonotic trematodes Schistosoma japonicum, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica

McManus, DP; Dalton, JP

Vaccines against the zoonotic trematodes Schistosoma japonicum, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica

McManus, DP Dalton, JP

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Parasitology, 2006, 133 (SUPPL.2)
Issue Date:: 2006-10-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	McManus, DP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dalton, JP	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-10-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Parasitology, 2006, 133 (SUPPL.2)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0031-1820	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/15032
dc.description.abstract	Schistosoma japonicum, Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica are digenetic trematodes and, therefore, possess similar life cycles. While schistosomiasis japonica has for a long time been recognised as a major disease of both humans and animals, infection with fasciolids has only been considered of relevance to animals. However, a number of recent reports indicate that fasciolosis is becoming a serious public health problem, especially in South America, Egypt and Iran (sporadic cases are also on the increase throughout Europe). Vaccines targeted at animals could play an important role in controlling these three diseases in animals and, by blocking transmission of infection, have a concurrent beneficial effect on disease in humans. Approaches towards identifying and producing vaccines against these parasites are similar and are discussed in this reveiw. © 2006 Cambridge University Press.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Parasitology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/S0031182006001806	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Mycology & Parasitology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Fasciola	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Fasciola hepatica	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Schistosoma japonicum	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Zoonoses	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Fascioliasis	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Schistosomiasis japonica	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Antigens, Helminth	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Vaccination	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Disease Vectors	en_US
dc.title	Vaccines against the zoonotic trematodes Schistosoma japonicum, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	SUPPL.2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	133	en_US
utslib.for	0707 Veterinary Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	SUPPL.2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	133	en_US

Abstract:

Schistosoma japonicum, Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica are digenetic trematodes and, therefore, possess similar life cycles. While schistosomiasis japonica has for a long time been recognised as a major disease of both humans and animals, infection with fasciolids has only been considered of relevance to animals. However, a number of recent reports indicate that fasciolosis is becoming a serious public health problem, especially in South America, Egypt and Iran (sporadic cases are also on the increase throughout Europe). Vaccines targeted at animals could play an important role in controlling these three diseases in animals and, by blocking transmission of infection, have a concurrent beneficial effect on disease in humans. Approaches towards identifying and producing vaccines against these parasites are similar and are discussed in this reveiw. © 2006 Cambridge University Press.

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