Optimization of a human bacille Calmette-Guerin challenge model: a tool to evaluate antimycobacterial immunity
<p><strong>Background.</strong> There is an urgent need for an improved tuberculosis vaccine. The lack of a validated correlate of protection slows progress in achieving this goal. A human mycobacterial challenge model, using bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as a surrogate for a Mycob...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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