Vaccines for parasitic diseases
Higashi, G.I.
Annual Review of Public Health 9: 483-501
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0163-7525 PMID: 3288241 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pu.09.050188.002411Document Number: 384093
The present status of vaccine development against malaria, schistosomiasis, filariasis (Onchocerca volvulus, Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi), leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis is reviewed. These 5 diseases are the primary targets of the WHO's Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. Trichinella spiralis, Dictyocaulus viviparus, Ancylostoma caninum, Entamoeba histolytica and Toxoplasma gondii are also mentioned briefly.