| Literature DB >> 15908420 |
A Williams1, N P Goonetilleke, H McShane, Simon O Clark, Graham Hatch, S C Gilbert, A V S Hill.
Abstract
Tuberculosis is rising in the developing world due to poor health care, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection, and the low protective efficacy of the Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine. A new vaccination strategy that could protect adults in the developing world from tuberculosis could have a huge impact on public health. We show that BCG boosted by poxviruses expressing antigen 85A induced unprecedented 100% protection of guinea pigs from high-dose aerosol challenge with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, suggesting a strategy for enhancing and prolonging the efficacy of BCG.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15908420 PMCID: PMC1111825 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3814-3816.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441