BCG-Mediated Protection against Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in the Mouse

Vaccination with Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is used to reduce the risk of childhood tuberculosis and is reported to have efficacy against two other diseases also caused by mycobacteria, leprosy and Buruli ulcer caused by M. ulcerans. We hypothesized that there may be differenc...

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Main Authors: Converse, Paul J., Almeida, Deepak V., Nuermberger, Eric L., Grosset, Jacques H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057947/