CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2019, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 97-101.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2019.01.018

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Progress toward development of a vaccine against Echinococcus granulosus infection

Yu-huan WEI(), Yuan HU*(), Jian-ping CAO   

  1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2018-08-16 Online:2019-02-28 Published:2019-03-18
  • Contact: Yuan HU E-mail:weiyh688@126.com;huyuan@nipd.chinacdc.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of China (No. 2018ZX10102001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 81772225) and the Fourth Round of Three-Year Public Health Action Plan of Shanghai, China(No. 15GWZK0101).

Abstract:

Cystic echinococcosis caused by infection with Echinococcus granulosus is a serious parasitic zoonosis, which is widely spread in the world. It keeps a big threat to people health and economic development in the epidemic area. Dogs are definitive host of E. granulosus, and cattle, sheep or humans are its intermediate hosts. Because of the limited efficacy of drugs and surgical treatment, development of a vaccine against E. granulosus infection is a very important approach as a supplementary measure to prevent and control the endemic and spread of echinococcosis. This review focuses on the recent progress in the vaccine development against E. granulosus to provide a reference for the further development of a high efficicacy vaccine.

Key words: Echinococcus granulosus, Genetic engineering vaccine, DNA vaccine, Synthetic peptide vaccine, Immunization protection

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