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Adjuvant-free schistosome cathepsin L3 is an efficacious schistosomiasis vaccine–comment on Huang et al.: Characteristics and function of cathepsin L3 from Schistosoma japonicum

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Tallima, H., El Ridi, R. Adjuvant-free schistosome cathepsin L3 is an efficacious schistosomiasis vaccine–comment on Huang et al.: Characteristics and function of cathepsin L3 from Schistosoma japonicum. Parasitol Res 119, 2747–2748 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06737-w

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