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A highly expressed intestinal cysteine protease of Ancylostoma ceylanicum protects vaccinated hamsters from hookworm infection

BACKGROUND: Human hookworms (Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Ancylostoma ceylanicum) are intestinal blood-feeding parasites that infect ~500 million people worldwide and are among the leading causes of iron-deficiency anemia in the developing world. Drugs are useful against hookworm i...

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Autores principales: Noon, Jason B., Schwarz, Erich M., Ostroff, Gary R., Aroian, Raffi V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31009474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007345

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