Immunization with different formulations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85A induces immune responses with different specificity and protective efficacy

To test the relative efficacy of CD4 and CD8T cells in mediating protective immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), we compared three immunization regimes designed to induce preferentially each subset. BALB/c mice were immunized intranasally (i.n.) or parenterally with antigen 85A either in a...

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Main Authors: Tchilian, E, Ahuja, D, Hey, A, Jiang, S, Beverley, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013