Protection against asiatic Taenia solium induced by a recombinant 45W-4B protein

Abstract

Taenia solium is a great threat not only to human health but also to the pig-raising industry. Oncospheral stage-specific 45W proteins are good candidates for the development of anticysticercosis vaccines. In this study, a recombinant 45W-4B protein was highly produced and used for vaccination. Two animal trials resulted in a significant reduction in parasite burden induced by the definite protein against Asiatic T. solium, up to 97.0% and 98.4%, respectively. These provide informative results for the development of effective 45W-4B vaccines against cysticercosis caused by both Chinese and Mexican T. solium isolates and even by other isolates. Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.