Dog vaccination with EgM proteins against Echinococcus granulosus

• Main Authors: Zhuang-Zhi Zhang (Author), Gang Guo (Author), Jun Li (Author), Bao-Xin Shi (Author), Li Zhao (Author), Bao-Ping Guo (Author), Xu Zhang (Author), Jun-Wei Wang (Author), Xue-Ting Zheng (Author), Wen-Jing Qi (Author), Li He (Author), Wen-Bao Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Dogs play a pivotal role in the transmission of cystic echinococcosis (CE), a zoonosis caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. We showed previously that dogs vaccinated with two E. granulosus adult-worm specific proteins, EgM9 and EgM123, emulsified with Freund's adj...