Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination using a microneedle patch
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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination using a microneedle patch.
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis continues to be a leading cause of mortality among bacterial diseases, and the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only licensed vaccine for human use against this disease. TB prevention and control would benefit from an improved method of BCG vaccination that simplifies logistics and eliminates dangers posed by hypodermic needles without...
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عنوان ژورنال: Vaccine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0264-410X
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.042