Journal article
The hunt for new tuberculosis vaccines: anti-TB immunity and rational design of vaccines.
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) remains to be a leading infectious cause of death worldwide. Apparently, the current BCG vaccine that has been used for 80 years, has failed to control the TB epidemic. Hunting for improved TB vaccine formulations represents a daunting task to TB research community. Anti-TB host defense requires T cell-mediated immunity and we are in desperate need of enhanced understanding of how to develop a new generation of TB vaccines …
Authors
Xing Z
Journal
Current Pharmaceutical Design, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. 1015–1037
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers
Publication Date
7 2001
DOI
10.2174/1381612013397636
ISSN
1381-6128