| Literature DB >> 13602798 |
M L COHN, C L DAVIS, G MIDDLEBROOK.
Abstract
Inhalation of very small numbers of living attenuated (BCG) organisms and their multiplication in guinea pigs results in the development of acquired resistance against subsequent airborne infection with virulent tubercle bacilli. Different strains of BCG have differing capacities to immunize by this means.Entities:
Keywords: TUBERCULOSIS/immunology
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Year: 1958 PMID: 13602798 DOI: 10.1126/science.128.3334.1282
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728