Deletion of nuoG from the Vaccine Candidate Mycobacterium bovis BCG ΔureC::hly Improves Protection against Tuberculosis
The current tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), provides insufficient protection against pulmonary TB. Previously, we generated a listeriolysin-expressing recombinant BCG strain, which to date has successfully completed phase I and phase IIa clinical trials...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895111/ |