A therapeutic preconceptional vaccine against Chagas disease: A novel indication that could reduce congenital transmission and accelerate vaccine development

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Jan 31;13(1):e0006985. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006985. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Authors

Eric Dumonteil¹, Claudia Herrera¹, Pierre Buekens²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Vector Borne and Infectious Disease Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.
² Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chagas Disease / parasitology
Chagas Disease / prevention & control*
Chagas Disease / transmission*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
Nitroimidazoles / therapeutic use
Protozoan Vaccines / immunology*
Trypanocidal Agents / therapeutic use
Trypanosoma cruzi / immunology*
Vaccination

Substances

Nitroimidazoles
Protozoan Vaccines
Trypanocidal Agents
benzonidazole

Grants and funding

R01 HD095857/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States