The microtubule-associate protein (MAP p15) was tested as a vaccine in mice, and tests showed that p15 (native or recombinant) generated up to 100% protection from an otherwise lethal challenge of a heterologous strain of Trypanosoma brucei (Rasooly and Balaban, 2004).
Rasooly and Balaban, 2004: Rasooly R, Balaban N. Trypanosome microtubule-associated protein p15 as a vaccine for the prevention of African sleeping sickness. Vaccine. 2004; 22(8); 1007-1015. [PubMed: 15161078].
