Trying to See the Forest through the Trees: Deciphering the Nature of Memory Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The purpose of vaccination against tuberculosis and other diseases is to establish a heightened state of acquired specific resistance in which the memory immune response is capable of mediating an accelerated and magnified expression of protection to the pathogen when this is encountered at a later...

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Main Authors: Ian M. Orme, Marcela I. Henao-Tamayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
BCG
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00461/full