The Humoral Immune Response to BCG Vaccination

The Humoral Immune Response to BCG Vaccination

Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) is the only currently available vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), but it confers incomplete and variable protection against pulmonary TB in humans and bovine TB (bTB) in cattle. Insights into the immune response induced by BCG offer an underexploited opportunity to ga...

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Main Authors: Rachel Tanner, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, H. Martin Vordermeier, Helen McShane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
humoral immunity
BCG vaccine
antibodies
B cells
tuberculosis
bovine TB
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01317/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01317/full

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