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The whole genome sequence of Polish vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG Moreau.
Microbiology spectrum - 2 Jul 2024
Krysztopa-Grzybowska Katarzyna, Lach Jakub, Polak Maciej, Strapagiel Dominik, Dziadek Jaroslaw, Olszewski Marcin, Zasada Aleksandra A, Darlińska Aniela, Lutyńska Anna, Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa
Abstract excerpt
Currently, tuberculosis immunoprophylaxis is based solely on Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination, and some of the new potential tuberculosis vaccines are based on the BCG genome. Therefore, it is reasonable to analyze the genomes of individual BCG substrains. The aim of this study was the genetic characterization of the BCG-Moreau Polish (PL) strain used for the production of the BCG vaccine in Poland...
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