Journal article
A Taenia solium oncosphere protein homologous to host-protective taenia ovis and Taenia saginata 18 kDa antigens
CGP Gauci, A Flisser, MW Lightowlers
International Journal for Parasitology | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 1998
Abstract
A Taenia solium cDNA (TSOL-18) encoding a protein with close homology to host protective oncosphere antigens from Taenia ovis (To18) and Taenia saginata (TSA-18) is described here. TSOL-18 was cloned from mRNA obtained from hatched and activated oncospheres of T. solium. The high level of predicted amino acid sequence homology among TSOL-18 and other host protective taeniid antigens suggests that the protein expressed by TSOL-18 may be capable of being used as a vaccine against T. solium infection in the parasite's intermediate hosts.