Boosting BCG with MVA85A: the first candidate subunit vaccine for tuberculosis in clinical trials.
There is an urgent need for an improved vaccine against tuberculosis. Heterologous prime-boost immunization regimes induce higher levels of cellular immunity than homologous boosting with the same vaccine. Using BCG as the priming immunization in such a regime allows for the retention of the benefic...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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