Effects of antenatal and postnatal environments on CD4 T-cell responses to Mycobacterium bovis BCG in healthy infants in the Gambia.

The Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine has a poor record of efficacy in low-income tropical settings. Against this background, we evaluated the immune response of infants to mycobacterial antigens over the 2 years following BCG vaccination at birth by measuring the gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), interle...

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Main Authors: Miles, D, van der Sande, M, Crozier, S, Ojuola, O, Palmero, MS, Sanneh, M, Touray, E, Rowland-Jones, S, Whittle, H, Ota, M, Marchant, A
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: 2008