| abstract |
Peptides obtainable from a species of Fasciola comprising the following sequence: Gln-Xaa-Xaa-Xaa-Xaa1-Xaa-Cys-Trp-Xaa-Xaa-Xaa2 wherein Xaa is any amino acid, Xaa1 is Gly or Glu and Xaa2 is Ser, Thr, Ala or Gly are disclosed. There are also disclosed vaccines and methods of treatment to reduce the spread of infection of liver fluke and DNA sequences of the polypeptides. |