TY - JOUR AU - Hajissa, Khalid AU - Zakaria, Robaiza AU - Suppian, Rapeah AU - Mohamed, Zeehaida PY - 2019/06/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Epitope-based vaccine as a universal vaccination strategy against Toxoplasma gondii infection: A mini-review JF - Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research JA - J. Adv. Vet. Anim. Res VL - 6 IS - 2 SE - Mini Review DO - UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JAVAR/article/view/41756 SP - 174-182 AB - <p>Despite the significant progress in the recent efforts toward developing an effective vaccine against toxoplasmosis, the search for new protective vaccination strategy still remains a challenge and elusive goal because it becomes the appropriate way to prevent the disease. Various exper­imental approaches in the past few years showed that developing a potential vaccine against the disease can be achievable. The combination of multi-epitopes expressing different stages of the parasite life cycle has become an optimal strategy for acquiring a potent, safe, and effective vaccine. Epitope-based vaccines have gained attention as alternative vaccine candidates due to their ability of inducing protective immune responses. This mini-review highlights the current status and the prospects of <em>Toxoplasma gondii </em>vaccine development along with the application of epitope-based vaccine in the future parasite immunization as a novel under development and evaluation strategy.</p><p>J. Adv. Vet. Anim. Res., 6(2): 174-182, June 2019</p> ER -