Abstract

The development of an effective vaccine against human schistosomiasis remains a highly desirable yet elusive goal. In this article, Adrian Mountford and Richard Harrop focus attention on an approach that aims to identify proteins from Schistosoma mansoni that are capable of stimulating protective Th1 cell-mediated immune responses. They propose that the most likely source of such antigens is the lung-stage schistosomulum.

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