Monocyte response receptors in BCG driven delayed type hypersensitivity to tuberculin.
Tuberculosis (TB) still remains the leading cause of mortality due to bacterial pathogen. The only currently available vaccine against TB, Bacille Calmette-GuĂŠrin (BCG) is at best credited with a 50% overall protective efficacy. Skin testing with purified protein derivative (PPD) from Mycobacterium...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Via Medica
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica |
| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4423 |