Vaccine researchers testing human hookworm vaccines in Brazil

(George Washington University) Investigators at the George Washington University are partnering with Institute Ren é Rachou in Brazil to produce a controlled human hookworm infection model and establish a hookworm vaccine challenge model for two of the most advanced hookworm vaccine candidate antigens in endemic areas.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news