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Whole genome sequence analysis of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Tokyo 172: a comparative study of BCG vaccine substrains.
Vaccine - 10 Mar 2009
Seki Masaaki, Honda Ikuro, Fujita Isao, Yano Ikuya, Yamamoto Saburo, Koyama Akira
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the molecular characteristics of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines, the complete genomic sequence of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Tokyo 172 was determined, and the results were compared with those for BCG Pasteur and other M. tuberculosis complex. The genome of BCG Tokyo had a len...
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