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Extended safety studies of the attenuated live tuberculosis vaccine SO2 based on phoP mutant.
Vaccine - 21 Apr 2009
Cardona P J, Asensio J Gonzalo, Arbués A, Otal I, Lafoz C, Gil O, Caceres N, Ausina V, Gicquel B, Martin C
Abstract excerpt
Safety is one of the main concerns for attenuated live vaccine candidates. Here we extend the stability and attenuation studies of the promising tuberculosis vaccine candidate based on Mycobacterium tuberculosis phoP mutant strain, SO2. Stability of the phoP mutation was tested after sub-culturing SO2 strain for 6 months in laboratory media and also after 3 months of infection in SCID mice. Results showed no...
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