BMC Infectious Diseases

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A Schistosoma japonicum chimeric protein with a novel adjuvant induced a polarized Th1 immune response and protection against liver egg burdens

Xindong Xu1, Dongmei Zhang2, Wei Sun1, Qingfeng Zhang1, Jingjing Zhang1, Xiangyang Xue1, Luhui Shen2 and Weiqing Pan1,2*

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1 Institute for Infectious Diseases & Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China

2 Department of Pathogen Biology, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiang Yin Road, Shanghai 200433, PR China

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BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9:54 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-54

Published: 6 May 2009

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Figure S1. The FACS dot plots of intracellular cytokine production of splenocytes after cercarial challenge. (A): Week 12; (B): Week 15.

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