Induction of Protective Immunity against Toxoplasmosis in BALB/c Mice Vaccinated with Toxoplasma gondii Rhoptry-1

Induction of Protective Immunity against Toxoplasmosis in BALB/c Mice Vaccinated with Toxoplasma gondii Rhoptry-1

Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent for toxoplasmosis. The rhoptry protein 1 (ROP1) is secreted by rhoptry, an apical secretory organelle of the parasite. ROP1 plays an important role in host cell invasion. In this study, the efficacy of ROP1 as a vaccine candidate against toxoplasmosis was eva...

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Main Authors: Parthasarathy eSonaimuthu, Xiao Teng eChing, Mun Yik eFong, Ramaswamy eKalyanasundaram, Yee Ling eLau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Vaccine
recombinant protein
Toxoplasma gondii
DNA plasmid
ROP1
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00808/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00808/full

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