has role protective antigen role protective antigen Leishmania infantum protein HASPB1 Protegen ID: 749; NCBI Nucleotide GI: 3724133; NCBI Protein GI: 3724134; NCBI Protein Accession: CAA09789.1; NCBITaxon: 5661 Oliver He protein Following infection with L. infantum promastigotes, four out of eight beagle dogs immunized with HASPB1 Montanide remained free of clinical signs, compared to two out of eight dogs in the control group. The results demonstrate that HASPB1 antigens with Montanide were able to induce partial protection against canine leishmaniasis, even under extreme experimental challenge conditions [PubMed: 17576026]. Allen Xiang