Designing and Construction of a Cloning Vector Encoding mtb32C and mpt51 Fragments of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis as a DNA Vaccine Candidate

• Main Authors: Faria Hasanzadeh Haghighi (Author), Ehsan Aryan (Author), Mohammad Derakhshan (Author), Aida Gholoobi (Author), Zahra Meshkat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Iranian Society of Pathology, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background & objective:  Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of death around the world. Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) is the only vaccine used in TB prevention that has a protective effect in children, but its effectiveness declines in adults. Design and development of new vaccines is the...