Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccines
New findings reported from University of Texas describe advances in Bacillus calmette-guerin vaccines
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 30th, 2007
A report, 'Lactoferrin enhanced efficacy of the BCG vaccine to generate host protective responses against challenge with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis,' is newly published data in Vaccine. "'Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), is a disease with world wide consequences, affecting nearly a third of the world's population. The established vaccine for TB, an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis Calmette Guerin (BCG), has existed since 1921," investigators in the United States report.
"Lactoferrin, an iron-binding protein found in mucosal secretions and granules of neutrophils was hypothesized to be an ideal adjuvant...
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