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Does the BCG vaccine have different effects on strains of tuberculosis?
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Feb 2021
Kousha A, Farajnia S, Ansarin K, Khalili M, Shariat M, Sahebi L
Abstract excerpt
Several explanations have been suggested concerning the variety in bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine efficacy on strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). This study aimed to compare the effect of BCG vaccination history in the prevention of the occurrence of Mtb-Beijing and non-Beijing strains. In this cross-sectional study, 64 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) were recruited from the Iranian...
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