Influence of maternal gestational treatment with mycobacterial antigens on postnatal immunity in an experimental murine model.

BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that the immune system could be primed as early as during the fetal life and this might have an impact on postnatal vaccination. Therefore, we addressed in murine models whether gestational treatment with mycobacterial antigens could induce better immune responses in...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Jubayer Rahman, Irene Roman Dégano, Mahavir Singh, Carmen Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2837747?pdf=render