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Recombinant BCG exporting ESAT-6 confers enhanced protection against tuberculosis

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Public Health, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +5

Recombinant bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccines expressing the <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> 30-kDa major secretory protein induce greater protective immunity against tuberculosis than conventional BCG vaccines in a highly susceptible animal model

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