Expanded Scope of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine Applicability in Disease Prophylaxis, Diagnostics, and Immunotherapeutics

Abstract. Following the discovery of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, its efficacy against Mycobacterium tuberculosis was soon established, with several countries adopting universal BCG vaccination schemes for their populations. Soon, however, studies aimed to further establish the effica...

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Main Authors: Oluwafolajimi A. Adesanya, Christabel I. Uche-Orji, Yeshua A. Adedeji, John I. Joshua, Adeniyi A. Adesola, Chibuike J. Chukwudike, Stijn van der Veen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2020-12-01
Series:Infectious Microbes & Diseases
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/IM9.0000000000000040