Vaccine Development for Onchocerciasis - Shey, Robert Adamu
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Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) continues to causes a lot of havoc worldwide with Sub-saharan Africa bearing the greatest burden. Control measures which have so far relied only on vector elimination and chemotherapy (with Ivermectin) have not been as successful as previously projected. Alternative neasures of control are desperately needed. Excretory-secretory products (ESPs) have been reported to be a good source of drug targets, diagnostic tools as wells as vaccine candidates. This is based on the investigation of ESPs from Onchocerca ochengi as possible vaccine candidates for onchocerciasis.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) continues to causes a lot of havoc worldwide with Sub-saharan Africa bearing the greatest burden. Control measures which have so far relied only on vector elimination and chemotherapy (with Ivermectin) have not been as successful as previously projected. Alternative neasures of control are desperately needed. Excretory-secretory products (ESPs) have been reported to be a good source of drug targets, diagnostic tools as wells as vaccine candidates. This is based on the investigation of ESPs from Onchocerca ochengi as possible vaccine candidates for onchocerciasis.
Autorenporträt
Robert Adamu Shey graduated from the University of Buea, Cameroon in December as valedictorian with a BSc in Biochemistry. He further obtained his MSc in the same field in December 2012 working on vaccine development for River Blindness.In his quest for more knowledge, he is currently seeking to do a PhD, with interest on cancer immunotherapy.