Vaccine containing a peroxiredoxin and/or a β-tubulin

Abstract

Vaccine compositions comprising peroxiredoxin and/or β-tubulin antigenic material, preferably of Fasciola or Dicrocoelium origin, for use in combating a parasitic infestation of helminths in a mammal, are provided. Also provided are nucleic acid sequences which encode peroxiredoxin and/or β-tubulin molecules and the amino acid sequences thereof, vectors comprising said nucleic acid sequences and cells transformed with such vectors.

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