Does the BCG vaccine have different effects on strains of tuberculosis?
Author(s) -
Kousha A.,
Farajnia S.,
Ansarin K.,
Khalili M.,
Shariat M.,
Sahebi L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical & experimental immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.329
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 1365-2249
pISSN - 0009-9104
DOI - 10.1111/cei.13549
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , vaccination , mycobacterium tuberculosis , medicine , bcg vaccine , immunology , restriction fragment length polymorphism , drug resistance , virology , genotype , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , gene , biochemistry
Detection of the effectiveness of the BCG vaccine in the prevention of tuberculosis in different subspecies and treatment‐resistant tuberculosis is critical and could be a major step in improving the vaccine. Our findings approve the claim that the BCG vaccine has different protective effects on Beijing strains of tuberculosis
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