Metazoan Parasite Vaccines: Present Status and Future Prospects.

ABSTRACT: Eukaryotic parasites and pathogens continue to cause some of the most detrimental and difficult to treat diseases (or disease states) in both humans and animals, while also continuously expanding into non-endemic countries. Combined with the ever growing number of reports on drug-resistance and the lack of effective treatment programs for many metazoan diseases, the impact that these organisms will have on quality of life remain a global challenge. Vaccination as an effective prophylactic treatment has been demonstrated for well over 200 years for bacterial and viral diseases. From the earliest variolation procedures to the cutting edge technologies employed today, many protective preparations have been successfully developed for use in both medical and veterinary applications. In spite of

SUBMITTER: Stutzer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859119 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature