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Prevention of M. tuberculosis Infection with H4:IC31 Vaccine or BCG Revaccination
Author(s) -
Elisa Nemes,
Hennie Geldenhuys,
Virginie Rozot,
Kathryn Rutkowski,
Frances Ratangee,
Nicole Bilek,
Simbarashe Mabwe,
Lebohang Makhethe,
Mzwandile Erasmus,
Asma Toefy,
Humphrey Mulenga,
Willem A. Hanekom,
Steven G. Self,
LindaGail Bekker,
Robert Ryall,
Sanjay Gurunathan,
Carlos A. DiazGranados,
Peter Andersen,
Ingrid Kromann,
Thomas G. Evans,
Ruth D. Ellis,
Bernard Landry,
David A. Hokey,
Robert Hopkins,
Ann M. Ginsberg,
Thomas J. Scriba,
Mark Hatherill
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1714021
Subject(s) - medicine , virology , tuberculosis , bcg vaccine , vaccination , immunology , tuberculosis vaccines , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology
Recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection confers a predisposition to the development of tuberculosis disease, the leading killer among global infectious diseases. H4:IC31, a candidate subunit vaccine, has shown protection against tuberculosis disease in preclinical models, and observational studies have indicated that primary bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination may offer partial protection against infection.

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