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Abstract
Synthetic hemozoin (sHZ, also known as β-hematin) from monomeric heme is a particle
adjuvant which activates antigen-presenting cells (APCs), such as dendritic cells
and macrophages, and enhances humoral immune responses to several antigens, including
ovalbumin, human serum albumin, and serine repeat antigen 36 of Plasmodium falciparum.
In the present study, we evaluated the adjuvanticity and pyrogenicity of sHZ as an
adjuvant for seasonal trivalent hemagglutinin split vaccine (SV) for humans using
the experimental ferret model.