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Secretory phosphatases deficient mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis imparts protection at the primary site of infection in guinea pigs.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Chauhan Priyanka, Reddy P Vineel, Singh Ramandeep, Jaisinghani Neetika, Gandotra Sheetal, Tyagi Anil K
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BACKGROUND: The failure of Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin to impart satisfactory protection against adult pulmonary tuberculosis has necessitated the development of more effective TB vaccines. The assumption that the vaccine strain should be antigenically as similar as possible to the disease causing pathogen has led to the evaluation of M.tuberculosis mutants as candidate tuberculosis vaccines....
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