[HTML][HTML] Immunity and vaccine development efforts against Trypanosoma cruzi

LE Rios, JC Vázquez-Chagoyán, AO Pacheco… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) is the causative agent for Chagas disease (CD). There is a
critical lack of methods for prevention of infection or treatment of acute infection and chronic …

Vaccination approaches against Trypanosoma cruzi infection

SI Cazorla, FM Frank, EL Malchiodi - Expert review of vaccines, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
In natural infection, the survival of Trypanosoma cruzi, despite the complex immune
response elicited including several humoral and cellular components of innate and acquired …

Vaccine development against Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease

JC Vázquez-Chagoyán, S Gupta, NJ Garg - Advances in parasitology, 2011 - Elsevier
The pathology of Chagas disease presents a complicated and diverse picture in humans.
The major complications and destructive evolutionary outcomes of chronic infection by …

Experimental vaccines against Chagas disease: a journey through history

O Rodríguez-Morales… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, which is caused by the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi, is primarily a vector disease endemic in 21 Latin American countries …

Previously Unrecognized Vaccine Candidates Control Trypanosoma cruzi Infection and Immunopathology in Mice

V Bhatia, NJ Garg - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease, a major health problem in
Latin America and an emerging infectious disease in the United States. Previously, we …

Generation, specificity, and function of CD8+ T cells in Trypanosoma cruzi infection

D Martin, R Tarleton - Immunological reviews, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
CD8+ T cells are crucial to the control of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and probably act via
multiple mechanisms, the most important being the production of interferon‐γ (IFN‐γ). In the …

CD8+ T Cell‐Mediated Immunity during Trypanosoma cruzi Infection: A Path for Vaccine Development?

F dos Santos Virgilio, C Pontes… - Mediators of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
MHC‐restricted CD8+ T cells are important during infection with the intracellular protozoan
parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. Experimental studies …

Safety and immunogenicity of a recombinant vaccine against Trypanosoma cruzi in Rhesus macaques

E Dumonteil, C Herrera, W Tu, K Goff, M Fahlberg… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is one of the most
important neglected parasitic diseases in the Americas. Vaccines represent an attractive …

Advances and challenges towards a vaccine against Chagas disease

I Quijano-Hernandez, E Dumonteil - Human vaccines, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Chagas disease is major public health problem, affecting nearly 10 million people,
characterized by cardiac alterations leading to congestive heart failure and death of 20-40 …

Trypanosoma cruzi infection from the view of CD8+ T cell immunity—an infection model for developing T cell vaccine

Y Miyahira - Parasitology International, 2008 - Elsevier
Chagas' disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) which was once prevalent in
Central and South America. Although the recent success in Triatoma vector control has …