Enhanced and Enduring Protection against Tuberculosis by Recombinant BCG-Ag85C and Its Association with Modulation of Cytokine Profile in Lung

Jain, Ruchi; Dey, Bappaditya; Dhar, Neeraj; Rao, Vivek; Singh, Ramandeep; Gupta, Umesh D.; Katoch, V. M.; Ramanathan, V. D.; Tyagi, Anil K.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003869

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Enhanced and Enduring Protection against Tuberculosis by Recombinant BCG-Ag85C and Its Association with Modulation of Cytokine Profile in Lung

Jain, Ruchi

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Dey, Bappaditya

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Dhar, Neeraj

2008

Plos One

Background: The variable efficacy (0-80%) of Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette Gurein (BCG) vaccine against adult tuberculosis (TB) necessitates development of alternative vaccine candidates. Development of recombinant BCG (rBCG) over-expressing promising immunodominant antigens of M. tuberculosis represents one of the potential approaches for the development of vaccines against TB.

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