Protective Effect of Oral BCG and Inactivated Mycobacterium bovis Vaccines in European Badgers (Meles meles) Experimentally Infected With M. bovis

Protective Effect of Oral BCG and Inactivated Mycobacterium bovis Vaccines in European Badgers (Meles meles) Experimentally Infected With M. bovis

In Europe, badgers (Meles meles) are recognized as major tuberculosis (TB) reservoir hosts with the potential to transmit infection to associated cattle herds. Recent studies in Spain have demonstrated that vaccination with a heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis vaccine (HIMB) successfully protects...

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Main Authors: Ana Balseiro, José Miguel Prieto, Vega Álvarez, Sandrine Lesellier, Dipesh Davé, Francisco J. Salguero, Iker A. Sevilla, José Antonio Infantes-Lorenzo, Joseba M. Garrido, Hans Adriaensen, Ramón A. Juste, Marta Barral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
tuberculosis
badger
BCG vaccine
Mycobacterium bovis heat-inactivated (HIMB) vaccine
efficacy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2020.00041/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2020.00041/full

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