BCG-mediated protection against Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in the mouse.

• Main Authors: Paul J Converse (Author), Deepak V Almeida (Author), Eric L Nuermberger (Author), Jacques H Grosset (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vaccination with Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is widely used to reduce the risk of childhood tuberculosis and has been reported to have efficacy against two other mycobacterial diseases, leprosy and Buruli ulcer caused by M. ulcerans (Mu). Studies in experimental models have al...