Renewing the Fight Against TB with an Old Vaccine.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2020.02.024.
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Abstract
Prevention of pulmonary tuberculosis by vaccination has proven an elusive goal. In a recent study, Darrah et al. show that prevention of infection and disease can be achieved in non-human primates by intravenous administration of the century-old vaccine BCG. This finding heralds a step-change in the approach to TB vaccine development.
Medical subject headings
- BCG Vaccine
- Tuberculosis