BEHAVIOR OF ATTENUATED MYCOBACTERIA IN ORGANS OF NEONATAL AND ADULT MICE

The consequences of Calmette-Guérin bacillus (BCG) vaccination were followed in newborn and adult mice. BCG failed to multiply in the organs of adult mice when administered peritoneally. In contrast, extensive multiplication of the vaccine occurred in both splenic and pulmonary tissue after its per...

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Main Authors: Costello, Richard, Izumi, Takateru, Sakurami, Takehiko
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1971
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2139046/