CD4 and CD8 T cell responses to mycobacterial antigens in African children

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Nontobeko G Tena-Coki Thomas J Scriba Nomathemba Peteni Brian Eley Robert Wilkinson Peter Andersen Willem A Hanekom Beate Kampmann
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Abstract

The current tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), does not provide adequate protection against TB disease in children. Furthermore, more efficacious TB vaccines are needed for children with immunodeficiencies such as HIV infection, who are at highest risk of disease.

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Journal American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Volume 182
Issue number 1
Pages 120-129
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