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| Title |
Recent advances in vaccine research against schistosomiasis in Brazil
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Acta Tropica, June 2008
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.05.023 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sergio C. Oliveira, Cristina T. Fonseca, Fernanda C. Cardoso, Leonardo P. Farias, Luciana C.C. Leite |
| Abstract |
Schistosomiasis continues to be a significant public health problem in tropical countries such as Brazil. Even though drug treatment in endemic areas has been shown to be efficient for controlling morbidity, it does not reduce prevalence due to constant reinfections. Therefore, a long-term disease control strategy is needed combining mass chemotherapy with a protective vaccine. Although the field of vaccine development has experienced more failures than successes, encouraging results have been obtained in recent years using defined recombinant derived Schistosoma mansoni antigens. This article primarily reviews the progress in the development of a vaccine against S. mansoni in Brazil. We discuss here different forms of vaccine tested in Brazil in pre-clinical trials and immunologic studies performed with patients in endemic areas of schistosomiasis. Lastly, we reviewed the S. mansoni genomic projects developed in the country and the recent advances in the identification of new molecules with potential as vaccine targets. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 7 | 10% |
| Kenya | 2 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 55 | 82% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 21% |
| Researcher | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 10 | 15% |
| Unknown | 13 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 37% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 16 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 October 2018.
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#8,534,976
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Outputs from Acta Tropica
#814
of 3,515 outputs
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#33,948
of 97,441 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Acta Tropica
#6
of 12 outputs
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