Persistence of the immune response induced by BCG vaccination
Open Access
- 25 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (1) , 9
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-9
Abstract
Although BCG vaccination is recommended in most countries of the world, little is known of the persistence of BCG-induced immune responses. As novel TB vaccines may be given to boost the immunity induced by neonatal BCG vaccination, evidence concerning the persistence of the BCG vaccine-induced response would help inform decisions about when such boosting would be most effective.Keywords
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