Genome sequencing and analysis of BCG vaccine strains.

BACKGROUND: Although the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) has been available for more than 75 years, one third of the world's population is still infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and approximately 2 million people die of TB every year. To reduce this imme...

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Main Authors: Wen Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Huajun Zheng, Yuanlong Pan, Haican Liu, Pengcheng Du, Li Wan, Jun Liu, Baoli Zhu, Guoping Zhao, Chen Chen, Kanglin Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3747166?pdf=render