Screening diagnostic candidates for schistosomiasis from tegument proteins of adult Schistosoma japonicum using an immunoproteomic approach.

• Main Authors: Min Zhang (Author), Zhiqiang Fu (Author), Changjian Li (Author), Yanhui Han (Author), Xiaodan Cao (Author), Hongxiao Han (Author), Yantao Liu (Author), Ke Lu (Author), Yang Hong (Author), Jiaojiao Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis is one of the world's most prevalent zoonotic diseases and a serious worldwide public health problem. Since the tegument (TG) of Schistosoma japonicum is in direct contact with the host and induces a host immune response against infection, the identification of immune...