Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 13th, 2005
Study 1: The order of prime-boost vaccination of neonatal calves with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and a DNA vaccine encoding mycobacterial proteins Hsp65, Hsp70, and Apa is not critical for enhancing protection against bovine tuberculosis.
According to recent research from New Zealand and England, "Priming neonatal calves at birth with a Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine and boosting with a DNA vaccine consisting of plasmids encoding mycobacterial antigens Hsp65, Hsp70, and Apa or the reverse prime-boost...
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