Intranasal boosting with MVA encoding secreted mycobacterial proteins Ag85A and ESAT-6 generates strong pulmonary immune responses and protection against M. tuberculosis in mice given BCG as neonates
Mayank Khanna, Hamada F. Rady, Guixiang Dai, Alistair J. Ramsay
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ImmunogenicityNasal administrationImmunologyImmune systemESAT-6TuberculosisVaccinationMedicineCD8Tuberculosis vaccinesMycobacterium tuberculosisImmunityVacciniaVirologyBiologyRecombinant DNAPathologyBiochemistryGeneImmune responses and vaccinationsImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune DisordersTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology