@article{fdi:010026122, title = {{S}chistosoma bovis : vaccine effects of a recombinant homologous glutathione {S}-transferase in sheep}, author = {{B}oulanger, {D}. and {S}chneider, {D}ominique and {C}hippaux, {J}ean-{P}hilippe and {S}ellin, {B}ertrand and {C}apron, {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he economic importance of the trematode #{S}chistosoma bovis$ in {A}frican livestock has justified the development of a specific vaccine. {A}dministered preventively to sheep, r{S}b28{GST} - the only molecule cloned from #{S}. bovis$ which has demonstrated vaccine potentialities in goats and cattle - reduced the mean worm burden in vaccinated animals and improved their health status compared with that of non-vaccinated controls. {A}s in goats, but not in bovines, the fecundity of the settled worm pairs was not modified. {T}herefore, r{S}b28{GST} can be proposed as a universal tool for the prevention of clinical disorders engendered by the main schistosome species affecting domestic ruminants in the {A}frican continent. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{SCHISTOSOMIASE} ; {BETAIL} ; {VACCINATION} ; {ETUDE} {EXPERIMENTALE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {GLUTATHIONE} {S} {TRANSFERASE} ; {AFRIQUE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal for {P}arasitology}, volume = {29}, numero = {}, pages = {415--418}, ISSN = {0020-7519}, year = {1999}, DOI = {10.1016/{S}0020-7519(98)00222-7}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010026122}, }