A study of immune responses to BCG-immunisation and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in non-human primates
Introduction: In 2010, 1.4 million people died from tuberculosis. Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) is the only vaccine against tuberculosis that is available, but it has variable efficacy around the world. There is not only an urgent need for a new vaccine, but also identification of a correlate of pro...
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Open University
2012
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.577995 |