Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 11th, 2006
Study 1: Priming-boosting vaccination with recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin and a nonreplicating vaccinia virus recombinant leads to long-lasting and effective immunity.
According to a study from Japan, "Virus-specific T-cell responses can limit immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission and prevent disease progression and so could serve as the basis for an affordable, safe, and effective vaccine in humans. To assess their potential for a vaccine, we used Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-Tokyo and a...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-01-11)
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