The Case for Live Attenuated Vaccines against the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis.

• Main Authors: Aseem Pandey (Author), Ana Cabello (Author), Lavoisier Akoolo (Author), Allison Rice-Ficht (Author), Angela Arenas-Gamboa (Author), David McMurray (Author), Thomas A Ficht (Author), Paul de Figueiredo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vaccination of humans and animals with live attenuated organisms has proven to be an effective means of combatting some important infectious diseases. In fact, the 20th century witnessed tremendous improvements in human and animal health worldwide as a consequence of large-scale vaccination programs...