Oral Tolerance to Environmental Mycobacteria Interferes with Intradermal, but Not Pulmonary, Immunization against Tuberculosis

Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is currently the only approved vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) and is administered in over 150 countries worldwide. Despite its widespread use, the vaccine has a variable protective efficacy of 0–80%, with the lowest efficacy rates in tropical regions where TB is most...

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Autores principales: Price, Dominique N., Kusewitt, Donna F., Lino, Christopher A., McBride, Amber A., Muttil, Pavan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27153120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005614

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27153120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005614

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