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Recombinant BCG: Innovations on an Old Vaccine. Scope of BCG Strains and Strategies to Improve Long-Lasting Memory

Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG), an attenuated vaccine derived from Mycobacterium bovis, is the current vaccine of choice against tuberculosis (TB). Despite its protection against active TB in children, BCG has failed to protect adults against TB infection and active disease development, especially in...

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Autores principales: da Costa, Adeliane Castro, Nogueira, Sarah Veloso, Kipnis, André, Junqueira-Kipnis, Ana Paula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778634
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00152