Schistosoma japonicum Soluble Egg Antigens Attenuate Invasion in a First Trimester Human Placental Trophoblast Model

Emily A. McDonald; Jennifer F. Friedman; Surendra Sharma; Luz Acosta; Sunthorn Pond-Tor; Ling Cheng; Eric S. White; Jonathan D. Kurtis

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002253

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Schistosoma japonicum Soluble Egg Antigens Attenuate Invasion in a First Trimester Human Placental Trophoblast Model

Emily A. McDonald ,

* E-mail: emcdonald1@lifespan.org

Affiliations Center for International Health Research, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Jennifer F. Friedman,

Affiliations Center for International Health Research, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Surendra Sharma,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Luz Acosta,

Affiliations Center for International Health Research, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, The Philippines
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Sunthorn Pond-Tor,

Affiliation Center for International Health Research, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Ling Cheng,

Affiliation Center for International Health Research, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Eric S. White,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Jonathan D. Kurtis

Affiliations Center for International Health Research, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Schistosoma japonicum Soluble Egg Antigens Attenuate Invasion in a First Trimester Human Placental Trophoblast Model

Emily A. McDonald,
Jennifer F. Friedman,
Surendra Sharma,
Luz Acosta,
Sunthorn Pond-Tor,
Ling Cheng,
Eric S. White,
Jonathan D. Kurtis

Published: June 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002253

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