Tuberculosis vaccines in the era of Covid-19 – what is taking us so long?

Summary: The Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine was first used in 1921, but has not controlled the global spread of tuberculosis (TB). There are still no new licensed tuberculosis vaccines, although there much active research and a vaccine development pipeline, with vaccines designed to prevent infecti...

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Main Authors: Hazel M. Dockrell, Helen McShane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396422001773