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Interferon-γ –Receptor Deficiency in an Infant with Fatal Bacille Calmette–Guérin Infection

Emmanuelle Jouanguy, Frédéric Altare, Salma Lamhamedi, Patrick Revy, Jean‐François Emile, Melanie J. Newport, Michael Levin, Stéphane Blanche, Eric Seboun, Alain Fischer,

New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 878 citations · 28 references

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The attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette–Guerin (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine in the world. In most children, inoculation of live BCG vaccine is harmless although it oc...

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Functional Role of Type I and Type II Interferons in Antiviral Defense

Ulrike Müller, Ulrich Steinhoff, Luiz F. L. Reis et al. · Science · 1994 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Disseminated tuberculosis in interferon gamma gene-disrupted mice.

Andrea M. Cooper, Dyana K. Dalton, Timothy A. Stewart et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1993 · 2K citations · Full text

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Multiple Defects of Immune Cell Function in Mice with Disrupted Interferon-γ Genes

Dyana K. Dalton, Sharon Pitts-Meek, Satish Keshav et al. · Science · 1993 · 1.7K citations

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Tumor necrosis factor-α is required in the protective immune response against mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice

JoAnne L. Flynn, Marsha M. Goldstein, John Chan et al. · Immunity · 1995 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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