Safety and Immunogenicity of the Na-GST-1 Hookworm Vaccine in Brazilian and American Adults

Overview

Journal PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine

Date 2017 May 3

PMID 28464026

Citations 34

Authors

David J Diemert

Janaina Freire

Vanderson Valente

Carlo Geraldo Fraga

Frederico Talles

Shannon Grahek

Doreen Campbell

Amar Jariwala

Maria Victoria Periago

Martin Enk

Maria Flavia Gazzinelli

Maria Elena Bottazzi

Robert Hamilton

Jill Brelsford

Anna Yakovleva

Guangzhao Li

Jin Peng

Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira

Peter Hotez

Jeffrey Bethony

Affiliations

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Abstract

Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01261130 for the Brazil trial and NCT01385189 for the US trial).

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