Jeannot F. Zinsou

Mar 18, 2024 | thelancet.com | Jeannot F. Zinsou |Institut für Tropenmedizin |Universität Tübingen |David J. Diemert

Summary A human hookworm vaccine is being developed to protect children against iron deficiency and anaemia associated with chronic infection with hookworms. Necator americanus aspartic protease-1 (Na-APR-1) and N americanus glutathione S-transferase-1 (Na-GST-1) are components of the blood digestion pathway critical to hookworm survival in the host.