Vaccines for visceral leishmaniasis: A review

K Jain, NK Jain - Journal of immunological methods, 2015 - Elsevier
Visceral leishmaniasis, which is also known as Kala-Azar, is one of the most severely
neglected tropical diseases recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO). The threat …

[PDF][PDF] Rhoptry antigens as Toxoplasma gondii vaccine target

M Foroutan, F Ghaffarifar, Z Sharifi… - Clinical and …, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Toxoplasmosis is a cosmopolitan zoonotic infection, caused by a unicellular protozoan
parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii that belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa. It is …

[HTML][HTML] An immunoinformatic approach driven by experimental proteomics: in silico design of a subunit candidate vaccine targeting secretory proteins of Leishmania …

MAA Khan, JQ Ami, K Faisal, R Chowdhury, P Ghosh… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by dimorphic Leishmania species is a
parasitic disease with high socioeconomic burden in endemic areas worldwide. Sustaining …

[HTML][HTML] Immunotherapeutic potential of eugenol emulsion in experimental visceral leishmaniasis

M Islamuddin, G Chouhan, MY Want… - PLOS Neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The therapy of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is limited by resistance, toxicity and
decreased bioavailability of the existing drugs coupled with dramatic increase in HIV-co …

[HTML][HTML] Th1-Biased Immunomodulation and Therapeutic Potential of Artemisia annua in Murine Visceral Leishmaniasis

M Islamuddin, G Chouhan, A Farooque… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background In the absence of vaccines and limitations of currently available chemotherapy,
development of safe and efficacious drugs is urgently needed for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) …

[PDF][PDF] Recent progress in microneme-based vaccines development against Toxoplasma gondii

M Foroutan, L Zaki, F Ghaffarifar - Clinical and Experimental …, 2018 - synapse.koreamed.org
Toxoplasmosis is a cosmopolitan zoonotic disease, which infect several warm-blooded
mammals. More than one-third of the human population are seropositive worldwide. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] New Approaches to the Prevention of Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Review of Recent Patents of Potential Candidates for a Chimeric Protein Vaccine

DS Oliveira, MF Zaldívar, AAM Gonçalves, LA Resende… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
The development of prophylactic vaccines is important in preventing and controlling
diseases such as visceral leishmaniasis (VL), in addition to being an economic measure for …

[HTML][HTML] Immunogenicity of multi-epitope DNA and peptide vaccine candidates based on core, E2, NS3 and NS5B HCV epitopes in BALB/c mice

LP Sabet, T Taheri, A Memarnejadian, TM Azad… - Hepatitis …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Hypervariability of HCV proteins is an important obstacle to design an efficient
vaccine for HCV infection. Multi-epitope vaccines containing conserved epitopes of the virus …

Evaluation of the efficacy of gold nanoparticles on Giardia lamblia infection in experimental animals

MG Baz, SM Elmarhoumy, EM Saied… - Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Giardia lamblia (G. lamblia) is an important cause of severe malabsorption, weight loss,
physical and mental retardation especially in infants and children throughout the world …

Towards development of novel immunization strategies against leishmaniasis using PLGA nanoparticles loaded with kinetoplastid membrane protein-11

DM Santos, MW Carneiro, TR de Moura… - International journal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background Vaccine development has been a priority in the fight against leishmaniases,
which are vector-borne diseases caused by Leishmania protozoa. Among the different …