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Heterologous effects of infant BCG vaccination: potential mechanisms of immunity

The current antituberculosis vaccine, BCG, was derived in the 1920s, yet the mechanisms of BCG-induced protective immunity and the variability of protective efficacy among populations are still not fully understood. BCG challenges the concept of vaccine specificity, as there is evidence that BCG may...

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Autores principales: Butkeviciute, Egle, Jones, Christine E, Smith, Steven G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Medicine Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6190278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30117744
http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2018-0026