Cell-mediated immunity to Leishmania major (L. major) was induced by injecting BALB/c mice intradermally with plasmid DNA expressing the conserved L. major cell surface glycoprotein gp63 (gp63-pcDNA-3). Challenge studies revealed that gp63-pcDNA-3 vaccination protected 30% of susceptible mice (21 of 70) from Leishmania infection (Walker et al., 1998).
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