BCG: a vaccine with multiple faces

• Main Authors: Marco Antonio Yamazaki-Nakashimada (Author), Alberto Unzueta (Author), Luisa Berenise Gámez-González (Author), Napoleón González-Saldaña (Author), Ricardo U. Sorensen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BCG has been recommended because of its efficacy against disseminated and meningeal tuberculosis. The BCG vaccine has other mechanisms of action besides tuberculosis protection, with immunomodulatory properties that are now being discovered. Reports have shown a significant protective effect against...