Recombinant BCG Vaccines Reduce Pneumovirus-Caused Airway Pathology by Inducing Protective Humoral Immunity

Recombinant BCG Vaccines Reduce Pneumovirus-Caused Airway Pathology by Inducing Protective Humoral Immunity

The Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (hRSV) and the Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) are two pneumoviruses that are leading agents causing acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) affecting young infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised patients worldwide. Since these pathogens were first d...

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Main Authors: Jorge A. Soto, Nicolás M. S. Gálvez, Claudia A. Rivera, Christian E. Palavecino, Pablo F. Céspedes, Emma Rey-Jurado, Susan M. Bueno, Alexis M. Kalergis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
hRSV
hMPV
antibodies
humoral immune response
vaccine
respiratory virus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02875/full

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