Schistosome Materials for Vaccine Development.
Abstract
The Immunoparasitology Department at the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI) is involved in research centered primarily on the development of effective vaccines against several parasitic diseases. Immunological research in one such disease, schistosomiasis, is particularly difficult due to the limited quantity of schistosomal materials available to most laboratories. It has been the objective of this contract to supply large quantities of schistosomal materials to investigators at NMRI to help realize the goal for the development of an effective vaccine against schistosomiasis. The various materials provided included adult schistosomes, eggs, cercariae, schistosomules, and unisexual infection material. Materials supplied daily as requested (within budgetory limits) consisted of adult worms, and populations of cercariae of a known single sex. Funds were insufficient to support research, so no publications were forthcoming.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA105943
Entities
People
- F. A. Lewis
- M. A. Stirewalt