Progress and challenges in TB vaccine development [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

The Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine can provide decades of protection against tuberculosis (TB) disease, and although imperfect, BCG is proof that vaccine mediated protection against TB is a possibility. A new TB vaccine is, therefore, an inevitability; the question is how long will it take us...

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Main Authors: Gerald Voss, Danilo Casimiro, Olivier Neyrolles, Ann Williams, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Helen McShane, Mark Hatherill, Helen A Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2018-02-01
Series:F1000Research
Online Access:https://f1000research.com/articles/7-199/v1