Comparative Proteomic Profiling of Mycobacterium bovis and BCG Vaccine Strains

BCG is the only licensed human vaccine currently available against TB. Derived from a virulent strain of M. bovis, the vaccine was thought to have struck a balance between reduced virulence and preserved immunogenicity. Nowadays, BCG vaccine strains used in different countries and vaccination progra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gao, Ge
Other Authors: Pain, Arnab
Language:en
Published: 2013
Subjects:
BCG
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10754/302495