American Thoracic Society
New TB booster shows promise
Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 31st, 2010
The study has been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
"The world urgently needs new, better vaccines against TB," said Willem Hanekom, M.B.Ch.B., associate professor and co-director, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI). "It is important to test the safety of these vaccines in settings where TB is very common, such as South Africa."
Every year 1.7 million people die from TB,...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2010-03-31)
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