Patricia Aoki Miyasato
Patricia Aoki Miyasato
Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto Butantan. Av. Vital Brasil, 1500 São Paulo SP, Brazil 05503-900
Biography
Patricia Aoki Miyasato is professor in Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto Butantan. Av. Vital Brasil. His research interests includes Medicine. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to Medicine.
Research Interest
Research intrest Developing a vaccine against schistosomiasis would be an important advance on the control of this chronic and debilitating disease that afflicts millions of people worldwide. Herein we describe the use of the non-toxic B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) genetically fused to Sm14 - a fatty-acid binding protein from Schistosoma mansoni - as an attempt to elicit a mucosal immune response against the lung stage of this parasite by intranasal immunization.