Safety and immunogenicity of the candidate tuberculosis vaccine MVA85A in West Africa.

BACKGROUND: Vaccination with a recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara expressing antigen 85A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, MVA85A, induces high levels of cellular immune responses in UK volunteers. We assessed the safety and immunogenicity of this new vaccine in West African volunteers. METHODS AND...

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Main Authors: Brookes, R, Hill, A, Owiafe, P, Ibanga, H, Jeffries, D, Donkor, SA, Fletcher, H, Hammond, A, Lienhardt, C, Adegbola, R, McShane, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2008

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