A single strain of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) grown in two different media evokes distinct humoral immune responses in mice

Two attenuated bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) preparations derived from the same Moreau strain, Copenhagen but grown in Sauton medium containing starch and bacto-peptone (onco BCG, O-BCG), or asparagine (intradermal BCG, ID-BCG), exhibited indistinguishable DNA sequences and bacterial morphology. Th...

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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Main Authors:	V.L. Petricevich, C. Ueda, R.C.B. Alves, M.A. da Silva, C. Moreno, A.R. Melo, W. Dias da Silva
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2001-01-01
Subjects:	bacillus Calmette-Guérin BCG tuberculosis Mycobacterium bovis vaccine
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000100010