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TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY
Volume 38, Issue 12, Pages 1068-1079Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.09.009
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- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Professorship grant [17/RP/5368]
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Significant advances have been made in understanding liver fluke biology through omics datasets, which is crucial for developing control strategies and vaccines. Although there are no clear outstanding vaccine candidates, it is important to continue identifying parasite-host interacting molecules and using vaccinology technologies to discover a liver fluke vaccine.
In the past decade significant advances in our understanding of liver fluke biology have been made through in-depth interrogation and analysis of evolving Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica omics datasets. This information is crucial for developing novel control strategies, particularly vaccines necessitated by the global spread of anthelmintic resistance. Distilling them down to amanageable number of testable vaccines requires combined rational, empirical, and collaborative approaches. Despite a lack of clear outstanding vaccine candidate(s), we must continue to identify salient parasite-host interacting molecules, likely in the secretory products, tegument, or extracellular vesicles, and perform robust trials especially in livestock, using present and emerging vaccinology technologies to discover that elusive liver fluke vaccine. Omics tools are bringing this prospect ever closer.
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