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Dietary pyridoxine controls efficacy of vitamin B6-auxotrophic tuberculosis vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin ΔureC::hly Δpdx1 in mice.
mBio - 3 Jun 2014
Gengenbacher Martin, Vogelzang Alexis, Schuerer Stefanie, Lazar Doris, Kaiser Peggy, Kaufmann Stefan H E
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The only tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in use today, bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), provides insufficient protection and can cause adverse events in immunocompromised individuals, such as BCGosis in HIV(+) newborns. We previously reported improved preclinical efficacy and safety of the recombinant vaccine candidate BCG ΔureC::hly, which secretes the pore-forming listeriolysin O of Listeria monocytogenes....
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