On the impact of masking and blocking hypotheses for measuring the efficacy of new tuberculosis vaccines

Over the past 60 years, the Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) has been used worldwide to prevent tuberculosis (TB). However, BCG has shown a very variable efficacy in different trials, offering a wide range of protection in adults against pulmonary TB. One of the most accepted hypoth...

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Main Authors: Sergio Arregui, Joaquín Sanz, Dessislava Marinova, Carlos Martín, Yamir Moreno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1513.pdf