Generation of a Novel Bacteriophage Library Displaying scFv Antibody Fragments from the Natural Buffalo Host to Identify Antigens from Adult Schistosoma japonicum for Diagnostic Development.

• Main Authors: Christopher G Hosking (Author), Hamish E G McWilliam (Author), Patrick Driguez (Author), David Piedrafita (Author), Yuesheng Li (Author), Donald P McManus (Author), Leodevico L Ilag (Author), Els N T Meeusen (Author), Michael J de Veer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The development of effective diagnostic tools will be essential in the continuing fight to reduce schistosome infection; however, the diagnostic tests available to date are generally laborious and difficult to implement in current parasite control strategies. We generated a series of single-chain an...