PROTECTIVE EFFECT INDUCED BY THE NEW SUBUNIT TUBERCULOSIS VACCINE WHEN USED AS A BCG BOOST IS ASSOCIATED WITH INHIBITION OF MYCOBACTERIAL DISSEMINATION

Since 1924, BCG vaccine is used to protect children from the most severe forms of tuberculosis. At the same time, the protective effect of BCG in adults is variable. The potential for revaccination with live vaccine is further limited by the rapid spread of HIV infection. The early-secreted Mycobact...

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Main Authors: Vladimir Yeremeev, G S Shepelkova, I V Duhovlinov, V Ya Gergert
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists 2019-03-01
Series:Медицинская иммунология
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Online Access:https://www.mimmun.ru/mimmun/article/view/1627